My case is a species of madness, only that it is a derangement of the Volition, and not of the intellectual faculties.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

For this reason, it is well said that misfortune is sometimes good for something, for it teaches at the same time that it hurts.

You have to get clear in your present life — clear of the junk from your past.

Most sound work in films is done very quickly, and at the end of the schedule where it's just jammed together and you always wish that you had more sympathy.

A garden is a place for shaping a little world of your own according to your heart's desire.

I remember riding across the Brooklyn Bridge about 12 times because they wanted me to keep up with the helicopter, and I said, "Can you have the helicopter keep up with me, my calves are burning!"

If Islam despises Christianity, it has a thousandfold right to do so: Islam at least assumes that it is dealing with men.

I always knew I was attractive to girls just from the point of view that they liked me.

When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses isn't interested any longer. That's very astonishing.

I love acting but I also love writing, especially comedy.

The bigger our vision for the world, the less personal worries we have.