The portions of a woman which appeal to man's depravity Are constructed with considerable care.

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

The best mirror is an old friend.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

Just as typography is human speech translated into what can be read, so photography is the translation of reality into a readable image.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables. [A great dowry is a bed full of brambles.]

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

Fate is for the weak--those people who don't have enough power or will to shape life into what they need it to be.

Practice makes myelin, and myelin makes perfect.

Every word is a preconceived judgment.

Worrying about a problem is not a strategy for change.

One of my favorite things about 'Spring Awakening' is that it is enjoyable and important for both kids and adults to see.

Without God's Spirit, there is nothing we can do that will count for God's kingdom. Without God's Spirit, the church simply can't be the church.

I will weep no more for the lost, asleep in their water graves.

Eat when you're hungry. When you're not hungry, play with your food.

To work without pleasure or affection, to make a product that is not both useful and beautiful, is to dishonor God, nature, the thing that is made, and whomever it is made for.

The smallest worm will turn being trodden on, And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.