Such is the constitution of the human mind, that any kind of knowledge, if it be really such, is its own reward.

God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.

I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.

When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The day will come when you need them to respect you, even fear you a little. Laughter is poison to fear.

My mother didn't teach me lessons about being Chinese as strongly as she did the notion of who I was as a female.

Cop comes down the street crazy as a loon, he throws us in jail for carrying harpoons.

Russia's Vladimir Putin appeared in public for the first time after a mysterious 10-day absence. Putin said it took him that long to recover from the finale of 'The Bachelor.'

To create you must quiet your mind. You need a quiet mind so that ideas will have a chance of connecting.

The Method is Judeo-Christian: if you go through pain, you can't miss. Rubbish. I'm more interested in the box itself than what's in it. How vs why.

My teeth are all my own. I've just finished paying for them.

These predators loved with wild fury, but they were also darkly possessive, crossing the boundary into what humans might term obsession.

I'd never met anyone so vibrant or alive. He moved like light.