One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.

In all things rest is sweet; there is sur feit even in honey, even in Aphrodite s lovely flowers.

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection

Water is the best of all things.

Learn what you are and be such.

Words have a longer life than deeds.

O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.

Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

There is a mortal breed most full of futility. In contempt of what is at hand, they strain into the future, hunting impossibilities on the wings of ineffectual hopes.

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else.

To believe in God is to be bold.

The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.

I may be clean cut on the outside, but make no mistake... I like to get very, very dirty when nobody's looking.

Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young...

A theatrical on a tight budget really only becomes about generating critical reviews for you and your film, not revenue.

Getting inequality out there into the consciousness was important. All these political pundits now talking about the 2014 and 2016 elections are talking about inequality.

Latinas are the fastest growing segment of the minority population, and their perspective deserves to be represented, not denigrated.

Everything having to do with human training and education has to be re-examined in light of neuroplasticity.

You need to change yourself. The moment that you change yourself it is a gigantic step. And this is what I do. The book is much more important than the writer.

To toy with something is to manipulate it, to try it out within sets of contexts none of which is determinate.