So long as some are strong and some are weak, the weak will be driven to the wall.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

How can you possibly reconcile the great inequities of gender – coupled with the perversions of age and the randomness of everything?

Grudge no expense-yield to no opposition-forget fatigue-till by the strength of prayer and sacrifice the spirit of love shall have overcome.

I think you have to know how you feel when you're sad and it's healthy to mourn if a relationship ends.

At the level of spirit, everything is always unfolding perfectly.

I hate the word celebrity. I'm not a celebrity, I'm an actor.

40% of what I've done was a mistake. I now call it R&D.

It's a big universe. To stay in one tiny place is doing a disservice to yourself.

I was never like, 'Oh, I really want to play Cinderella.' That's not necessarily always been the dream. But it's super fun to play a princess.

It's a pretty good job being an actor, but it's work sometimes. And when I say work, I mean it's a job.

I really love writing themes and melody.