One of the greatest of all mental pleasures is to have our thoughts often divined: ever entered into with sympathy.

Imagination is to love what gas is to the balloon-that which raises it from earth.

I think hearts are very much like glasses. If they do not break with the first ring, they usually last a considerable time.

Ah, tell me not that memory sheds gladness o'er the past, what is recalled by faded flowers, save that they did not last?

Social life is filled with doubts and vain aspirings; solitude, when the imagination is dethroned, is turned to weariness and ennui.

The heart's hushed secret in the soft dark eye.

Ah, tell me not that memory Sheds gladness o'er the past; What is recalled by faded flowers, Save that they did not last? Were it not better to forget, Than but remember and regret?

In sad truth, half our forebodings of our neighbors are but our own wishes, which we are ashamed to utter in any other form.

An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.

there is nothing so easy as to be wise for others; a species of prodigality, by-the-by - for such wisdom is wholly wasted.

Strange mystery of our nature, that those in whom genius develops itself in imagination, thus taking its most ethereal form, should yet be the most dependent on the opinions of others!

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.

A package of 35 improvements to typical industrial motor systems can save around 50% of their metered energy…with a simple payback under 16 months.

Contentment is wanting what you have. Ambition is wanting what another has. Progress comes from wanting what nobody has.

I was as happy as a fish in water, and I could have stayed in that room for ever, have never left that place.

To invite people to dine with us is to make ourselves responsible for their well-being for as long as they are under our roofs.

Everything of mine which has been filmed so far has been one character short, and that character is me.

I had said I didn't mind which shirt I played in, but coming from Diego, № 10 is very special.

I've always loved to sing in Spanish. To me, it's just my culture. It's what I am; I'm Latina.

Meditation is the breath of your soul. Just as breathing is the life of the body, meditation is the life of the soul.

When it comes to mastering a skill, time is the magic ingredient.