To be furious in religion is to be irreligiously religious.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

Why should I be sad? Everyone has to die. If you have a body, it's too late to cry. It's only funerals I can't stand.

The truest knowledge is to know thy Creator and thy self.

In America, we know to ignore artists if they're serious in any way.

I'm not a snob. Ask anybody. Well, anybody who matters.

It's a great thing, for someone to feel that they can draw inspiration from you.

I do 45 minutes of cardio five days a week, because I like to eat. I do Tracy Anderson's dance aerobics classes.

My own journey started long before I left, and was over before I returned.

All children have rights and those rights must be protected.

I don't think screenplay writing is the same as writing - I mean, I think it's blueprinting.

Why do they cover Paul's songs but never mine?