Nothing can permanently please, which doesn't contain in itself the reason why it is so, and not otherwise.

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.

When I am happy and when I really focus, I can! Whatever I dream of with my thoughts becomes a part of my world, my plan.”Deetkatu, Meet the Little People…An Enchanting Adventure

[Castellani's testimony] clearly illustrates the concern we have that there is no way to separate the efforts to proselytize from the efforts to reform people.

I don't have a philosophical objection, necessarily, to a travel ban if that is the thing that is going to keep the American people safe.

When I was 16, I made some little 35mm documentaries about the poor in London. I went round Notting Hill, which was a real slum in the 1950s, shooting film.

You had to be able to lift yourself outside of the time stream - and that essentially became what is called the yoga of time travel.

In an era of magic conveniently available at the touch of a button, new music should on principle represent something akin to 'danger'.

A society of atheists would immediately invent a religion.

I think I came here as a priest... The priest is more concerned with heresy than with sin; sins can be forgiven; heresy must be eliminated.

Do not be eager for things above.

The element of fashion I'd like to see more often? Clothes that fit people well. For me it's not so much about the clothes.