That only can with propriety be styled refinement which, by strengthening the intellect, purifies the manners.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

To love someone so deeply is to risk losing yourself forever. Once I admitted my feelings to him, there was no going back—no hope to ever make my heart complete without him

We all come into and go out of this world in the same way. The Destination is the same. The difference is the Journey. Some Enjoy it, some Don't !

When I wake I ask myself, how much longer before they will just let me die?" - Tier, Clutch

Love is a noun as well as a verb, a treacherous construct.

Sir one more comment like that and I will strangle you with my microphone wire!

No doubt that he will make an excellent senator.

The threat of a world war is no more.

and there's something about having an especially different name that makes it difficult to imagine what you would be like as a Jennifer.

The banyan tree does not mean awakening, nor does the hill, nor the saint, nor the European couple. The lotus is a symbol of regeneration.

If you want to take what I've learned and use it to your advantage, just listen and you won't have to go through it.