The world is neither wise nor just, but it makes up for all its folly and injustice by being damnably sentimental.

The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

Only one absolute certainty is possible to man, namely that at any given moment the feeling which he has exists.

The Bible has been the Magna Charta of the poor and of the oppressed.

If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.

God give me strength to face a fact though it slay me.

Life is too short to occupy oneself with the slaying of the slain more than once.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity.

Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.

While every chapter should have goals to further the plot and delve our readers deeper into our world, there must be one goal above all else: Emotional Impact.

Human beings, in their thinking, feeling and acting are not free agents but are as causally bound as the stars in their motion.

I don't know, Alexander, sometimes it gets so bad you can't think of nothing better to do than make it worse.

We all want to have a place where we can dream and escape anything that wraps steel bands around our imagination and creativity.

Feminism is an entire world view or gestalt, not just a laundry list of women's issues.

Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving for - for another time? There are no other times. There is only now. Right now.

Sinners cannot obey the gospel, any more than the law, without renewal of heart.

Jazz isn't as profitable for labels like Hip hop or Rap. Jazz needs subsidies to continue, just like European classical works of Bach and Beethoven are subsidized.

Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.

I just have to remind myself that my daily quotidie in life has almost nothing to do with any aspect of my professional life as a public figure.