It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.

Merciful God!" sighed the General. "We've arrived." And it was true. For there was the sea, and on the other side of the sea was the world.

The life of a vampire begins with the first bite.

Sarcasm is the new staircase to stardom.

You need to know the truth to be able to praise God

Happiness is the cheapest thing in the world ... when we buy it for someone else.

When I was pregnant. I exercised and was healthy, but it was also the first time since I was 14 that I wasn't on a diet.

A strong leader accepts blame and gives the credit. A weak leader gives blame and accepts the credit.

One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it-- it was the black kitten's fault entirely.

I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through her racism.

I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter.