Remorse weeps tears of blood.

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 great way to live life is to love.

There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.

My skin tingled, and suddenly, Deanna materialized before us. I jumped.

...you influenced me, in a way in which no one else did.

The U.S. immigration laws are bad - really, really bad. I'd say treatment of immigrants is one of the greatest injustices done in our government's name.

Know what your strengths are, but also keep in mind what your weaknesses are; always work on your weaknesses.

Nothing that Shakespeare ever invented was to equal Lincoln's invention of himself and, in the process, us.

Refusing to accept God's love because we're unworthy - of course we're unworthy! - is another golden calf.

Bring together things that have as yet never been brought together and did not seem predisposed to be so.

The soul is here for its own joy.