Science, also, is most largely indebted to these beauty-loving Greeks, for truth is one form of loveliness.

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.

Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am.".

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.

A happy wedlock is a long falling in love.

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience, your heart and your soul. So only can you be true to God.

Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day.

True peace is not merely the absence of war, it is the presence of justice.

All clichés aside, sometimes a girl just needed to cry in the rain.

I play disturbed people a lot, but always with a bit of distance or tongue-in-cheek. Most of the villains I play are essentially harmless.

Mirth is God's medicine.

Will cast the spear and leave the rest to Jove.

The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's own choice and I do not understand this because I have forgotten

You hear about the struggles with substances and all that, but [Phil Wood] was a really a great guy. This was a great man.

On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.

I just love getting dirty.

Always give a hundred percent, and you'll never have to second-guess yourself.