The only impregnable citadel of virtue is religion; for there is no bulwark of mere morality, which some temptation may not overtop or undermine, and destroy.

The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us.

Happiness is not perfected until it is shared.

Be shocking, be daring, be bold, be passionate.

Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.

Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem

Self-love leads men of narrow minds to measure all mankind by their own capacity.

That grief is the most durable which flows inward, and buries its streams with its fountain, in the depths of the heart.

It is not designed that the road should be made too smooth for us here upon earth.

There is nothing so clear-sighted and sensible as a noble mind in a low estate.

Magnanimity is above circumstance; and any virtue which depends on that is more of constitution than of principle.

When one flower blooms spring awakens everywhere

Holy Bon Jovi, the queen of darkness actually had a soul.

Hope means you keep on holding to things that won't ever be so again, and so you bleed an inch at a time until there's nothing left.

Though all the guns be silenced, each soldier in his home, There is no peace till Love comes, till the meek may safely roam.

There is no better time than right now to start your own "family tradition" of helping needy children.

I've become really interested in permaculture, simplifying my life and doing everything I can to develop more of a sustainable lifestyle.

Civil disobedience means capacity for unlimited suffering, without the intoxicating excitement of killing.

My parents always told me that if you want something, you can do whatever you have to do to get it. As long as it's not against someone else.

I'm not working now, so I'm sort of facing the unknown.

Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not.