It was an uncomfortable feeling, staring into the darkest moments of someone’s soul without them knowing.

I knew I couldn’t trust my illogical heart, and that meant I had to do everything in my power to stay away from him so I wouldn’t have to.

Imagine if we had no secrets, no respite from the truth. What if everything was laid bare the moment we introduced ourselves?

Properly directed thoughts result in properly directed actions. The only way to appropriately guide our thoughts is to know their foundation, our values.

Geniuses are always marginalized to one degree or another. Someone wholly invested in the status quo is unlikely to disrupt it.

There is no better gift a society can give children than the opportunity to grow up safe and free - the chance to pursue whatever dreams they may have.

The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits.

No motive is pure. No one is good or bad-but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away.

It's the execution that matters, never the idea.

Neutrality is no favorite with Providence, for we are so formed that it is scarcely possible for us to stand neuter in our hearts, although we may deem it prudent to appear so in our actions

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.

That's the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me.

My paintings are not meant to be tasted.