Nobody who is afraid of laughing and heartily too at his friend can be said to have a true and thorough love for him.

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

The mind is like a sheet of white paper in this, that the impressions it receives the oftenest, and retains the longest, are black ones.

Children always turn towards the light. Oh that grown-up people in this world became like little children!

The next best thing to a very good joke is a very bad one.

A weak mind sinks under prosperity, as well as under adversity.

The virtue of Christianity is obedience.

Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwright, sceneshifter, boxkeeper, doorkeeper, all in one, and audience into the bargain.

Knowledge is the parent of love; wisdom, love itself.

The business of philosophy is to circumnavigate human nature.

By the ancients, courage was regarded as practically the main part of virtue; by us, though I hope we are not less brave, purity is so regarded now.

Collaboration allows teachers to capture each other's fund of collective intelligence.

God wants you to be delivered from what you have done and from what has been done to you - Both are equally imporant to Him.

Any replacement to the current copyright position (life plus 70 years) needs to have an answer lined up for this, and similar, messy edge cases.

I suppose to a certain degree. London's my favorite place on the planet and the reason for that is its fantastic diversity.

The strong conquer the weak. The weak serve the strong and hope to become strong so they can conquer others who are weaker.

What's interesting is the populace movement of fundamentalism is starting to mirror that approach that elite fundamentalism has long had of trying to have influence across the political spectrum.

As the end approaches, there are no longer any images from memory - there are only words.

So the unwanting soul sees what's hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants.

I believe love is what makes the world go round. No matter how old or young, love is why we are here. It is the very essence of one's being.

When we surrender when we do not fight with life when it calls upon us we are lifted and the strength to do what needs to be done finds us.