One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.

The less routine the more life.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country.

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

Our ideals are our better selves.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

Truth is the strongest weapon against the darkness of lies! EL

Seek the miracles in sacred moment.

I'll never forget the day I realized I wasn't quite the Ford model I thought I was.

It was supposed to be gross, and now it's gorgeous.

A mathematical formula should never be "owned" by anybody! Mathematics belong to God.

For me, a muse is someone who looks glamorous but is quite passive, whereas I was very hard-working. I worked from 9am to sometimes 9pm, or even 2am. I certainly wasn't passive

My kids get very upset with me when I leave to do film work, but they have a lot of patience with me when I leave to do environmental work.

If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. If you want to be courageous, act as if you were - and as you act and persevere in acting, so you tend to become.

The conjunction of the day and the night is the most auspicious time for calling on God. The mind remains pure at this time.

We need to learn how to separate need from greed.