There are as many kinds of anger as there are of the sunsets with which they ought to end

his mother, who had never been able to manage him, sent him to school to get rid of him, lamented his absence till he returned, then writhed and fretted under his presence until again he went.

the truth she gathered, enlarging her strength, enlarged likewise the composure that comes of strength.

Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _to do_. Action _may_ be hypocrisy, but being is the thing itself, and is the parent of action.

The main secret of his progress, the secret of all wisdom, was, that with him action was the beginning and end of thought.

Ignorance is no reason with a fool for holding his tongue.

The person who can not bear with a sick man or a baby is not fit to be a woman.

She did not even trouble herself much to show Godfrey her gratitude. We may spoil gratitude as we offer it, by insisting on its recognition. To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.

The well-meaning woman was in fact possessed by two devils--the one the stiff-necked devil of pride, the other the condescending devil of benevolence. She was kind, but she must have credit for it

No good ever comes of pride, for it is the meanest of mean things, and no one but he who is full of it thinks it grand.

punishment had not been spared--with best results in patience and purification

A lie is still a lieeven if it’s disguisedas the truth.

Poetry, to me, is a type of shamanistic chant capable of chasing away the darkness within us.

A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.

It is a common perception that actors don’t get along.

It's a damn shame we have this immediate ticking off in the mind about how people sound. On the other hand, how many people really want to be operated upon by a surgeon who talks broad cockney?

When we work, we work. When we pray, God works.

Every great idea exerts, on first appearing, a tyrannical influence: Hence, the advantages it brings are turned all too soon into disadvantages.

My goal, if I was going to do art, fine art, would have been to become Picasso or greater.

People forget what a big issue toilet training is for adults and kids, and it is not fun, especially when you're in a car on the interstate.

Gardens were before gardeners, and but some hours after the earth.