The greatest of fools is he who imposes on himself, and in his greatest concern thinks certainly he knows that which he has least studied, and of which he is most profoundly ignorant.

True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.

To love the public, to study universal good, and to promote the interest of the whole world, as far as lies within our power, is the height of goodness, and makes that temper which we call divine.

It is the hardest thing in the world to be a good thinker without being a good self examiner.

Men of sense are really all of one religion. But men of sense never tell what it is.

Nothing is more ridiculous than ridicule.

I would be virtuous for my own sake, though nobody were to know it; as I would be clean for my own sake, though nobody were to see me.

Remember that there is nothing in God but what is godlike; and that He is either not at all, or truly and perfectly good.

Gravity is of the very essence of imposture; it does not only mistake other things, but is apt perpetually almost to mistake itself.

It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor.

The face of Truth is not less fair and beautiful for all the counterfeit visors which have been put upon her.

The easiest thing on the life is to make question, but the difficulties one it’s to answer it.

Your love, not your worry, is the most valuable thing any of us can give our children.

Amin, you’re not making sense to me. Things have always been this way, since the beginning of time. Some die so others can be saved. You don’t believe in the salvation of others?

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

The reality is, there's still so much we haven't yet figured out. There's still so much stuff that has not been made more, frankly, efficient.

I love to find a great vintage secondhand shop.

Finally I got to the point where I said, I'd like to start a project where we can actually talk about race and poverty, not through the lens of a particular case, but much more broadly.

The biggest change in my life is that I now have to apologize for being thin.

As artists, sometimes our work is chaotic; we don't easily communicate our needs to other people in a way that they understand.

The debt they ran up in the first year of the Obama administration is bigger than the last four years of the Bush combined.