Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle.

As God by creation made two of one, so again by marriage He made one of two.

Grace comes into the soul as the morning sun into the world: there is first a dawning, then a mean light, and at last the sun in his excellent brightness.

That which a man spits against heaven, shall fall back on his own face.

Prevention is so much better than healing because it saves the labor of being sick.

No man more truly loves God than he that is most fearful to offend Him.

A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation.

He who reforms himself, has done much toward reforming others; and one reason why the world is not reformed, is, because each would have others make a beginning, and never thinks of himself doing it.

The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be so bold as to deceive Him to His face.

He who demands mercy and shows none ruins the bridge over which he himself is to pass.

He who is proud of his knowledge, has gout in the wrong end.

Reading renews the mind.

You have to love with an open hand. The heart is like a bird and you have to let this bird fly freely, you cannot possess it.

Everybody wants to make more movies. You see any movie, and it's just a feat of human strength and perseverance. It is a brutally challenging business.

When [books ban] happened, I felt completely alone and that was scary and sad.

We have to get better at believing the impossible.

I've always been the sort of person who immerses myself in things, and eventually you become part of that life.

You run the risk of falling on your face, but, again, music is an individual pursuit - it is made to please yourself first.

Investing in women is smart economics, and investing in girls, catching them upstream, is even smarter economics.

When you choose the paradigm of service, it turns everything you do from a job into a gift.

Human values should predominate in men's thoughts. Human life has no meaning without these values.