Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world.

A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquility.

My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my writings.

The stuff of nightmares is not only relegated to unconscious thoughts upon a pillow, safely beneath an eiderdown.

My dreams were all my own I accounted for them to nobody they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food.

I do not wish women to have power over men but over themselves.

Not one of the learned gentlemen who pretend that the Mosaic laws are filled with justice and intelligence, would live, for a moment, in any country where such laws were in force.

and to die with the Warrior's Prayer on his lips. For, 'Yes', he had sighed on his dying breath, and all knew that was the ultimate prayer one could offer to life. Acceptance.

The prayer of faith is the only kind that is real prayer, and it is trust in God with full acknowledgment of God's power and love.

If I have an iPod, I'm good.

At Berkshire Hathaway we do not like to compete against Chinese manufacturers.

It's not the years honey, it's the mileage.

When you get into individual characters certainly there's been things that have been updated .

We're not trying to take power away or rule anybody - we're just trying to get up from under the rulers.

Song is the licensed medium for bawling in public things too silly or sacred to be uttered in ordinary speech.

Look, at actual Republican and conservative think-tank proposals to replace ObamaCare all have the pre-existing condition provision in, done somewhat differently from [Barack] President Obama's.