One ought only to write when one leaves a piece of one's own flesh in the inkpot, each time one dips one's pen.

When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.

Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself.

Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person.

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God's laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty comes from man's injustice to his fellow man.

I wish you to believe whatever you think is true, at any and every cost.

Canada has for many years been a beacon to the rest of the world for its commitment to pluralism and for its support for the multicultural richness and diversity of its peoples.

Mathematical science is in my opinion an indivisible whole, an organism whose vitality is conditioned upon the connection of its parts.

We in the Senate refer to Sen. Gillibrand as the hottest member.

What is offered to man's apprehension in any specific revelation of Christ is the living God himself.

I think I’m his biggest fan. Like, I’m really sorry everybody out there but you have a tough time beating me. I’m like the number one Chris Colfer fan club.

For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff.

You've turned into quite a bossy little thing," Myrnin said. "I think I might like it.

Plot is very important to me, but I think my stories are stronger in character development.

Once during the mission I was asked by ground control what I could see. "What do I see?" I replied. "Half a world to the left, half a world to the right, I can see it all. The Earth is so small."