The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.

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.

Despair and disappointment are the parent of countless inspired, inspiring, triumphant creations

These days, all I ask Fate is that the people she hurls into my life, whether they are evil or good, or morally bipolar, should be amusing to one degree or another.

You can't tell the audience — well, you can, but I don't like to tell the audience — that anything they're watching doesn't matter.

Put the hero back in the super hero movies, because I think 'super' might have taken over.

Reincarnation is implicit in the manifested universe and is a basic and fundamental.

Like the sun, we are attracted to people who shine with warmth and brightness.

Reason is the substance of the universe. The design of the world is absolutely rational.

There is in every American, I think, something of the old Daniel Boone - who, when he could see the smoke from another chimney, felt himself too crowded and moved further out into the wilderness.

Some people will like me and some won't. So I might as well be myself, and then at least I'll know that the people who like me, like me.

I don't know what happens when people die Can't seem to grasp it as hard as I try It's like a song I can hear playing right in my ear That I can't sing I can't help listening