There arises from a bad and unapt formation of words a wonderful obstruction to the mind.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

Weak people believe what is forced on them. Strong people what they wish to believe, forcing that to be real.

You think it’s a game?Unintelligible? Ha!Envision no spoons.This is serious.It is a matter of joyversus emptiness.

I live with the people I create and it has always made my essential loneliness less keen.

My mother always told me that no matter how late it is, you take your makeup off. Take it off!

I don't deal at all well with the relative amount of stuff I have to face already.

It feels like we’ve stepped outside of time. Even though there is no such place.

I guess if you're stupid enough to join the army without thinking about getting shot at, then you really are a fool.

The greatest gift you can give someone is your time, your attention, your love, your concern.

We're lucky to be in the middle of a TV renaissance. It's the healthiest storytelling medium in our culture.

. . . [A]s a rule, the most learned persons do not produce the greatest results. We see that only too often.