The difficulty is to know conscience from self-interest.

It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.

In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere.

The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.

A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it.

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.

The wars come and go in blood and tears; but whether they are bad wars, or what are comically called good wars, they are of one effect in death and sorrow.

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.

Some people stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.

If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

If that king was unsuitable in his service and duty...then his place will never be vacant and a foot soldier will lead the way though he remains nameless

To be a Pharisee is not to understand kingdom principles

Here lives a free man. Nobody serves him.

You are the home I point to that lives in my chest.

There are many wise men that have secret hearts and transparent countenances.

Give yourself the freedom to explore the possibility of life without limits. Goals are dreams with deadlines, a means to an end but not the ultimate purpose of life.

While an original is always hard to find, he is easy to recognize.

Kate Moss is small and not necessarily model dimensions but she has that special something.

Leverage is the reason some people become rich and others do not become rich.

I certainly do not consider myself the next Jesus. I'd say he was more of a precursor to Zach Braff.