The great desire of this age is for a doctrine which may serve to condense our knowledge, guide our researches, and shape our lives, so that conduct may really be the consequence of belief

Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.

Science is the systematic classification of experience.

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.

It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.

No man ever made a great discovery without the exercise of the imagination.

We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.

The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions.

Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.

To write much, and to write rapidly, are empty boasts. The world desires to know what you have done, and not how you did it.

Good writers are of necessity rare.

When you showed someone how you felt, it was fresh and honest. When you told someone how you felt, there might be nothing behind the words but habit or expectation.

Misadventure was my primary compass and I followed it without caring if I pissed off one person or a whole bunch of people.

One is as one is and the love that can't encompass both is a poor sort of love.

I would have no desire other than to accomplish thy will. Teach me to pray pray thyself in me.

I think as I get older that's an area that I'd like to explore more. Going from being in front of the lens to behind it.

I had felt uncomfortable as a woman my whole life.

Baseball is a game played by idiots for morons.

The further one separates himself from the precepts of the Christian Church, the further one distances himself from the truth. Only God can create. I make music from music.

You know, now that I come to think of it, the blizzard may be the best thing to happen to the American economy in 12 months.

How do I stay so healthy and boyishly handsome? It's simple. I drink the blood of young runaways.