Speech of yourself ought to be seldom and well chosen.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you still had your mother or father at your back, you'd be okay.

Am I shallow? she asks the mirror. Yes, I am shallow. The sun shines on the ripples where it's shallow. Deep is too dark.

- Boys my age are boring. They have nothing to say and half of them seem like complete idiots.I was going to say that they didn't improve with age but didn't want to spoil her illusions.

The world will not know liberty until all that is religious and political is transformed into something simple and human and made susceptible to criticism and denial.

I'm retiring from competitive running, not from running. You cannot stop running, this is my life.

An actor shouldn't have to leave the set and go home and write a bunch of stuff for a bunch of other people, the next day. I found it very unpleasant.

I want them to believe I have a vision for the state of New Jersey.

I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about things that I actually care about.

Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought! Why do you stay in prison When the door is so wide open?

I'm weird, I do crazy things, it's not like the average norm.