The principle of equity first came into evidence in Roman jurisprudence and was derived by analogy from the physical meaning of the word.

I am not going to claim that modern anarchism has any direct relation to Roman jurisprudence; but I do claim that it has its basis in the laws of nature rather than in the state of nature.

A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them.

I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration.

The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides the growth of forms along the lines of the greatest structural efficiency.

The sensitive artist knows that a bitter wind is blowing.

Love works miracles in stillness.

Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper apprehension of the significance and scope of human existence.

Art is pattern informed by sensibility.

Great changes in the destiny of mankind can be effected only in the minds of little children.

The work of art... is an instrument for tilling the human psyche, that it may continue to yield a harvest of vital beauty.

Keep dreaming, dreams have no limit.

Clary stopped dead in her tracks. "Simon?" "Oh, God," said Jace, sounding resigned. "And here I'd actually hoped I'd got hold of something interesting." -Clary and Jace pg. 114

I think as an artist you have to reinvent yourself every day.

Music should never be a job. It should be your hopes, your dreams and everything you believe in.

The great thing about 'Allen Gregory' is that we try to make it really questionable that the things he says have happened, have really happened. We like that ambiguity.

Forget if you are rich or poor. All you need is faith in yourself. If you have the passion to work then just get up and set forth and you will find the way!

Though life is made up of mere bubbles 'tis better than many have, for while we've a whole lot of troubles the most of them never occur.

If you aren't making any mistakes, you aren't innovating. If you're making the same mistakes, you aren't learning.

If you like easygoing, monogamous men, stay away from billionaires.

I have been vain since birth.