The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what.

The best advice comes from the one who has made more mistakes– they have learned great lessons! The one who always got it right has surely not lived through the entire experience.

Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. The thing that I'm most worried about is just being alone without anybody to care for or someone who will care for me.

Programming is the art of telling another human being what one wants the computer to do.

I'm very picky when it comes to men. I come across a man who I'm really attracted to about once every five years.

With stand-up you've just got that one chance. Audiences can be quite fickle.

Liberal and conservative have lost their meaning in America. I represent the distracted center.

This is a Solo Flight, but I want aviation enthusiasts and adventurers everywhere to join me in the endeavour.

and even a tea party means apprehension, breakage

I never grew up thinking, 'One day I will play so and so' because I wasn't expecting to be an actor at all.