The man who walks with wise men becomes wise himself.

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit--- YOU choose.

The human mind is an organ for the discovery of truths rather than of falsehoods.

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Love is as strong as death; its jealousy as unyielding as the grave. It burns like a blazing fire; like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love, rivers cannot wash it away

The lesser of two evils is still evil.

Most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated.

most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated. No error in thinking about social facts is more serious than the failure to see their place and function.

She'd always been comforted by how many words there were in the English language -- more than a million. With so many words surely anything could be said, everything could be under

I never had a Christmass at home for about 10 years.

The night doesn't say to itself, 'Here comes a shooting star to interrupt my peace!'

We should make sure that nobody, no corporation, and no individual can get away without paying his fair share to support America.

And now, I'm thinking again, isn't there something we can do about something we can't do anything about?

I preach nonviolence because it's the better alternative.

I once lost five years listening to a Pink Floyd album.

You don't just walk out because you think someone has insulted you and your pride has been hurt.

The hardest thing to walk away from, over a long-form TV show, is the comradery of the company, both with the crew and the group of actors.

Work and worship are necessary to take away the veil, to lift off the bondage and illusion.