The minister's brain is often the "poor-box" of the church.

Felicity, not fluency of language, is a merit.

Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.

An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.

Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings.

A thought embodied and embrained in fit words walks the earth a living being.

Dignity is often a veil between us and the real truth of things.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but our thanksgivings; and all good thought and good action claim a natural alliance with good cheer.

Pain and anger have to go somewhere. If we keep stuffing them down instead of processing them, we’ll end up either turning them inward, which isn’t good, or outward, which is no better.

Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful.

Creative industries are more important than the car industry, luxury jewels, and fashion.

I am not a bloody ghoda running a race that you give me a tag. I am competitive, and the reason for that is that I want to do the best films.

Speculation, like nature, abhors a vacuum.

To dream alone is fantasy if it doesn't move the heart to act.

I think The Grateful Dead kind of represents the spirit of being able to go out and have an adventure in America at large.

That's the funny thing, she thought. You always want things to get better, but you never know how good you already have it.

My mother always said don't marry for money, divorce for money.