True sympathy is beyond what can be seen and touched and reasoned upon.

A man does not entreat for love. It is the irresistible impulse towards each other of two souls, a union in which there is neither conscious giving nor receiving.

Character makes its own destiny.

Work, ah! that talisman to guard one against one's self.

Love manufactures every man into a poet while the fever lasts.

Men and women existed before creeds; love is the only religion.

It was civil disobedience that won them their civil rights.

This is what I hate most about guys like you. You didn't even try.

He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself.

I get why certain actors want to stay in the closet.

Thanks for this day, for all birds safe in their nests, for whatever this is, for life.

Knowledge is recognizing what you know and what you don't.

I'm kind of a homebody, and the rhythm of my thinking and work is starting at home, going out and coming back, bringing back news, bringing back information, applying it.

The educational system should be a sieve, through which all the children of a country are passed. It is highly desirable that no child escape inspection.

Be more splendid, more extraordinary. Use every moment to fill yourself up.

Raucous drunken trumpets and instrumentation tend to guide the way you think. They can give you a path to follow lyrically.