To that movement, consecrated by religious principle, sustained by an awful sense of justice, and cheered by the brightest hopes of future good, all our powers, talents, and attainments are devoted.

Also there is a similitude of a Trinity shining in the body, soul and spirit.

This is our mercury, our lunary, but whosoever thinks of any other water besides this, is ignorant and foolish, never attaining to the desired effects.

Then hast our the Red Stone perfect with less labour, expense of time and costs, for the which ever thank God.

The body is the substance of the stone.

One of the greatest challenges is not going to the mattresses with someone who criticizes your novel.

The love story for me was the nature of the love and not the age of the lovers.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'

We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.

The designers, photographers and models I work with, they are really hard-working people who are devoting their lives to fashion. They're kind of like nuns of fashion.

I'm an old sinner. Nothing shocks me.

To get to forgiveness, we first have to work through the painful experiences that require it.

According to convention there is a sweet and a bitter, a hot and a cold, and according to convention, there is an order. In truth, there are atoms and a void.

Looking deeply at life as it is in this very moment, the meditator dwells in stability and freedom.

The end of satire is the amendment of vices by correction; and he who writes honestly is no more an enemy to the offender than the physician to the patient when he prescribes harsh remedies.