The great source of pleasure is variety.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

I am the thread of unification that goes through humans of all religions, cultures and ideologies while reinforcing their innate sense of one humanity.

I have a conflict of interest in environmental conservation.

I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it sis my duty ... This is my highest and best use as a human.

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

I try to avoid Twitter. I occasionally can't resist the siren call of email.

Terrorism is fueled by hate. The tragedy is that there are countless young children who are being taught to hate. Terrorism is usually fueled also by poverty.

Creativity is a yearning for immortality

She hesitated, then reached out to Jared in her mind, and uncertainty washed away in the wave of reassurance she got back.

I think it's the person's conviction that really carries a person.

You're only kidding yourself if you put creativity before craft.