Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

Do not judge from mere appearances.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.

The universe is a vast system of exchange. Every artery of it is in motion, throbbing with reciprocity, from the planet to the rotting leaf.

A performance does not capture or communicate with the mood and feelings of that very moment.

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.

The Babe is here. Who's coming in second?

In things that are tender and unpleasing, it is good to break the ice by some one whose words are of less weight, and to reserve the more weighty voice to come in as by chance.

I’m very proud to say that Buddy MacMaster is my uncle. He gives credibility to what I do and I’m glad I can carry that MacMaster name because he has created such a good name.

You adapt, evolve, compete or die.

I'd like to rescue people in trouble, like Superman.

I didn't have the self-promotion instinct, and I just didn't care about it. I sort of had a "beat" attitude.

A scientist is a man who changes his beliefs according to reality; a theist is a man who changes reality to match his beliefs.

Revolutions are not made: they come. A revolution is as natural a growth as an oak. It comes out of the past. Its foundations are laid far back.