[T]hen all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.

I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.

Ignorance is the parent of fear.

Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing. When you think it fled, it may have but become transfigured into some still subtler form.

Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian.

The classification of the constituents of a chaos, nothing less is here essayed.

Savage though he was, and hideously marred about the face-at least to my taste-his countenance yet had a something in it which was by no means disagreeable. You cannot hide the soul.

[T]here is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.

Ahab and aguish lay stretched together in one hammock.

... an utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.

... the most reliable and useful courage was that which arises from the fair estimation of the encountered peril,

Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He is not only aware of us but cares for us. He is our Father. He is accessible to all who will seek Him.

Wisdom : balance between survival, principles and emotions.

So what motivates you more? The fear of failure or the fantastic feeling of achieving your dreams?

The current best estimate for the Earth’s weight is 5.9725 billion trillion tonnes, a difference of only about 1 per cent from Cavendish’s finding.

There's a little part of you at all times that hopes to be somewhat objectified, and I think it's healthy.

The beauty of me is that I'm very rich.

I don't actually listen to much music since I need quiet to work.

I'm a Christian - I really don't believe in UFOs.

The old notion that brevity is the essence of wit has succumbed to the modern idea that tedium is the essence of quality.

O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head As is a winged messenger of heaven