There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother, but next in rank in efficacy is that of the schoolmaster.

No influence is so powerful as that of the mother.

The temple of our purest thoughts is silence.

It requires but a few threads of hope, for the heart that is skilled in the secret, to weave a web of happiness.

Rugged strength and radiant beauty-- These were one in Nature's plan; Humble toil and heavenward duty-- These will form the perfect man.

There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing.

There is small danger of being starved in our land of plenty; but the danger of being stuffed is imminent.

... rights are liable to be perverted to wrongs when we are incapable of rightly exercising them.

The most welcome guest in society will ever be the one to whose mind everything is a suggestion, and whose words suggest something to everybody.

There can be no education without leisure; and without leisure, education is worthless.

Water is the grand epic of creation; and there is not a human soul but feels the influence of its majesty, its power, or its beauty.

War is a pleasant name of Mass Murder

God would not have brought you to this place to leave you here without the archangel's help.

make only your trust in God

What’s the difference between you and God? God never thinks he’s you.

Slaves have to obey their masters.

But he was so great!' Yes, and the people who got on the Titanic thought they were going on a vacation

There's so much grey to every story - nothing is so black and white.

Silence is my weapon, silence is my shield.

In fact, I don't read newspapers any longer.

If everyone is there to make a good film, everyone is down to earth, and everyone is there for the right reasons - the scale doesn't really matter I think.