Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them.

Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions.

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.

Instead of imitating me, you simply loiter.

You’re not a creature in body.You exist as the stars exist, participating in their stillness, their immensity.

There are a million and one fear tactics, just kick it out and at least be able to say that you tried.

Just because there's a trillion places to put an idea doesn't mean you don't need an idea in the first place

It's frightening, the way life speeds up. When you're at school, time can't go fast enough.

Sincere repentance is continual. Believers repent until their dying day. This dropping well is not intermittent.

It is important that both Japan and the United States continue to invest very heavily in the alliance to build up our defense.

One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time.

Kenneth Branagh. There was a time in my life when people would tell me constantly that I look like him. I could do a lot worse than that.

I'm old, I'm young, I'm intelligent, I'm stupid. My tide goes in and out.