So nothing is ever good or bad unless you think it so, and vice versa. All luck is good luck to the man who bears it with equanimity.

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.

Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it - even if we so desired.

If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?

He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.

Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.

Inconsistency is my very essence; it is the game I never cease to play as I turn my wheel in its ever changing circle, filled with joy as I bring the top to the bottom and the bottom to the top

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.

One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.

In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man's affliction is to remember that he once was happy.

He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate, and set proud death beneath his feet, can look fortune in the face, unbending both to good and bad; his countenance unconquered.

Oh, miss Haversham said I, there have been sore mistakes and my life has been a blind and thankless one, and I want forgiveness and direction far too much to be bitter with you.

I'm hungry for a juicy life. I lean out my window at night and I can taste it out there, just waiting for me.

Nature time and patience are the three great physicians.

You live in the image you have of the world. Every one of us lives in a different world, with different space and different time.

The complacency of Christians is the scandal of Christianity.

A wall is a very big weapon. It's one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.

Let's get this out in the open once and for all. Here is how I feel about compression... Compression is for kids!!!!

Good people will do good things, lots of them, because they are good people. They will do bad things because they are human.

You can't express inspiration without skill.

We live like caged beasts waiting for the day to let the rage free.