There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no word of genius to which the human heart and soul have not sooner or later responded.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

The problem is not that you have problems the problem is that you see having problems as a problem.

If one more person tells me how big this country is, I’m going to go kick a koala.

A breath?" she asked. She didn't want to kiss just any wooden man. He looked nice enough, but he might not be like his looks. A kiss seemed very forward. He might remember it, and make assumptions.

Even though I am a mathematician, I look at [fetal development] with marvel: How do these instruction sets not make mistakes as they build what is us?

The low ceiling that was water stained and boasting spiders so large she half expected Frodo and Sam to appear and fight them off.

If common sense has not the brilliancy of the sun, it has the fixity of the stars

What we call people so often distances us from them, and makes them little.

Eventually, even a blind squirell will find an acorn.

The spread of nuclear weapons is the greatest threat facing the country-and I would argue facing humanity.

It's because I'm the same. I mean, I can be just as hard-headed, and just as tough. I only hope I can be as good a man as you.