Temporary madness may be necessary in some cases, to cleanse and renovate the mind; just as a fit of illness is to carry off the humours of the body.

Life is the hyphen between matter and spirit.

Seeking is not always the way to find.

The feeling is often the deeper truth, the opinion the more superficial one.

The cross was two pieces of dead wood; and a helpless, unresisting Man was nailed to it; yet it was mightier than the world, and triumphed, and will ever triumph over it.

Curiosity is little more than another name for Hope.

Light, when suddenly let in, dazzles and hurts and almost blinds us: but this soon passes away, and it seems to become the only element we can exist in.

Few take advice, or physic, without wry faces at it.

A youth's love is the more passionate; virgin love is the more idolatrous.

When will talkers refrain from evil speaking: when listeners refrain from evil-hearing.

People cannot go wrong, if you don't let them. They cannot go right, unless you let them.

Perhaps with age came a more sedate appreciation of the passage of time.

The amount of money you owe doesn't matter

I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned.

Creative collaboration is awesome.

Counterfeit charm is worse than none at all.

The Cuban economy is a disaster. No, I do not praise Fidel Castro.

You know, anyone who invites me to do something makes me feel special.

Most people consider the course of events as natural and inevitable. They little know what radical changes are possible through prayer.

I was very shy. I'm still shy.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.