There is no talent so pernicious as eloquence to those who have it under command.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.

The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

According to the moral absolutism that characterizes McCandless's beliefs, a challenge in which a successful outcome is assured isn't a challenge at all.

The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.

Gratefulness is the great task, the how of our spiritual work, because, rightly understood, it re-roots us.

There's no sauce for play like work.

Such is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession.

You might not think of something like TurboTax as a civic venture, but that product took a confusing interface to a government process and made it simpler and easier to use for citizens.

Guy don't need no sense to be a nice fella. Seems to me sometimes it jus' works the other way around. Take a real smart guy and he ain't hardly ever a nice fella.

Another classical music teacher from Performing Arts that I've stayed in contact with is Jonathan Strasser.

A lot of movements use women's involvement to shame men when recruitment is sagging.

The film business is absurd. Stars don't last very long. It's much more interesting to be a proper actor.