It was then I saw thy mother, and loved her, and took her away in my secret heart.

Youth is but the painted shell within which, continually growing, lives that wondrous thing the spirit of a man, biding its moment of apparition, earlier in some than in others.

Pride is never so loud as when in chains.

Knowledge leaves no room for chances.

For power, you know, is a fretful thing, and hath its wings always spread for flight.

Death, you know, keeps secrets better even than a guilty Roman.

The enemy of man is man, my brother.

Once you get to a certain level, anybody can beat anybody else on any given day.

Optimists think that this is the best of all possible worlds; pessimists fear they are right.

If people don't know about you, that's not on them, it's on you.

When your mind is empty of prejudices you can see the Tao. When your heart is empty of desires you can follow the Tao.

Happiness is the natural state of our being

If we're going to affect policy, or affect attitudes, for me, the adults have always been the target population.

As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom, with the minimum of fuss and no explanation if he can help it.

Gratitude is the most passionate transformative force in the cosmos.

That day, I began to be incredulous. Or, rather, I regretted having been credulous. I regretted having allowed myself to be borne away by a passion of the mind. Such is credulity.