Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

What would killing the Elders result in?" "Panic? Fear? Three empty parking spaces in the Sanctuary?

The back of Saint Peter's is one of the finest pieces of architecture I've ever seen.

The dreams of human beings are dark, heavy and morbid and simplistic and boring. The dreams of immortality are endless and shining, they shimmer, they glow.

I'm hopeless at small talk and have a problem making eye contact.

I have no desire to walk on water," said Siddhartha. "Let the old shamans satisfy themselves with such skills".

Imagination is the one weapon against reality.

The progress has to start now.

You may like walking barefoot, but keep your shoes with you; you may need it when the ground changes!

May you experience the truth that he, Christ, looks upon you with love.

Although I look really good holding a gun, I can't shoot. I can't shoot anything. I'm the worst shot.