Some souls are ennobled and elevated by seeming misfortunes, which then become blessings in disguise.

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

Do not judge from mere appearances.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.

Come now and let us reason together.

It's hard to read through a book on the principles of magic without glancing at the cover periodically to make sure it isn't a book on software design.

Evening words are not like to morning.

Change is eminent, control is an illusion, but dreams are eternal. Believe in your dreams!

Doing the right thing daily, compounds over time.

I always fear dogma. I don't like anything that's dogmatic because it becomes purely religious again and I despise any form of organized religion.

I think Janeane Garofalo is incredibly funny, and I love Dennis Miller.

One cannot be able in life by fearing to live.

Human dignity begins to assert itself only at the point where man is distinguishable from the beast by pity for it.

I wanted to make photographs in which everything was so complex and detailed that you could look at them forever and never see everything.