It requires as much reflection and wisdom to know what is not to be put into a sermon, as what is.

Hypocrisy is folly. It is much easier, safer, and pleasanter to be the thing which a man aims to appear, than to keep up the appearance of being what he is not.

The primary object of a student of literature is to be delighted. His duty is to enjoy himself, his efforts should be directed to developing his faculty of appreciation.

To have too much forethought is the part of a wretch; to have too little is the part of a fool.

It does not matter that Dickens' world is not life-like; it is alive.

A contemplative life has more the appearance of a life of piety than any other; but it is the divine plan to bring faith into activity and exercise.

A warm blundering man does more for the world than a frigid wise man.

Power rests in tranquillity.

Have you ever chopped down something with an ax? Not fun. I now have serious doubts regarding George Washington and his cherry tree.

She's the kind of woman who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.

Anything can be done if you find friends to do it with.

What everyone forgets is that passion is not merely a heightened sensual fusion but a way of life which produces, as in the mystics, an ecstatic awareness of the whole of life.

If Hollywood hadn't existed, Elinor Glyn would have had to invent it.

Being a father is certainly a task. But the best one that I could ever ask for. Being home, being with the family, that's what it's about...

I have lost everything, Han thought. Then he corrected himself. Every time I think I’ve lost everything, I find there’s still something else to lose.

I'm born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.

Nothing fails like failure

When you're quite young, your imagination's quite free.