The thing with restaurant talk is you’re not supposed to take it to heart.

When you wish for something over and over again and it doesn't come true, something else happens; not only do you give up, but you resent your wish and you resent wishing.

I think most religious people experience just as much doubt as they do faith; they just don’t admit it. (13)

Many creative minds, just like many light bulbs, lit up simultaneously, could lead to brainstorming and breakthrough innovation.

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

Finishing work makes you a man, finishing difficult work makes you a hero.

We're in this world to bring heaven down to earth.

Democracy is not tolerance. Democracy is a prescribed way of life erected on the premise that all men are created equal.

It is certainly not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable.

And these gems of Heav'n, her starry train.

I believe it is customary in good society to take some slight refreshment at five o'clock.

I don't know if it's due to my age, that I'm older now, [but] I love the essentials. I don't like the things around us that are a kind of mirage.