True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.

To love the public, to study universal good, and to promote the interest of the whole world, as far as lies within our power, is the height of goodness, and makes that temper which we call divine.

It is the hardest thing in the world to be a good thinker without being a good self examiner.

The greatest of fools is he who imposes on himself, and in his greatest concern thinks certainly he knows that which he has least studied, and of which he is most profoundly ignorant.

Men of sense are really all of one religion. But men of sense never tell what it is.

Nothing is more ridiculous than ridicule.

I would be virtuous for my own sake, though nobody were to know it; as I would be clean for my own sake, though nobody were to see me.

Remember that there is nothing in God but what is godlike; and that He is either not at all, or truly and perfectly good.

Gravity is of the very essence of imposture; it does not only mistake other things, but is apt perpetually almost to mistake itself.

It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor.

The face of Truth is not less fair and beautiful for all the counterfeit visors which have been put upon her.

Excuses are like butt holes everyone has 'em and they all stink.

Fears and doubts are oceans that barely fail to capsize all dreams that dare to sail in them.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

There were only a few seats left in coach and Bob found himself seated next to a young female fan. 'I can't believe I'm sitting next to Bob Dylan!' she screamed.'Pinch yourself,' said Bob."

I always enjoy the battle sequences. It's like going to the playground.

Dance is movement, is action, and like all action, it reveals us to ourselves in the doing.

The man is as useless as nipples on a breastplate.

I went in [Sweet Basil band] and played with them, maybe half the gig for almost eight years or more.

Throw in the towel right off the bat. Women argue in ways that aren't rational to men.

Do not ask yourself if your love is big enough, because love is neither big nor small, it is simply love.