Only the wise possess ideas the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.

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.

The mind's health depends on what it feeds on. Avoid thoughts and conversations that kill your soul.

Our afflictions would trouble us much less if we knew God's reason for sending them.

God told me if I painted that mountain enough, I could have it.

Man United have shops all round the world. It's a big money spinner plus the fact that they change their strip every five minutes.

There are people who don't say a thing and sound magnificent!

I don't think of myself as making art. I do what I do because I want to, because painting is the best way I've found to get along with myself.

Cause the sweetest kiss I ever got is the one I've never tasted

What we put into the atmosphere in terms of burning fuel is unprecedented.

Poetry isn't an activity, it's a way life is lived.

The promoters of the global economy...see nothing odd or difficult about unlimited economic growth or unlimited consumption in a limited world.