Truth is the most unbending and uncompliable, the most necessary, firm, immutable, and adamantine thing in the world.

Truth and love are two of the most powerful things in the world; and when they both go together they cannot easily be withstood.

Things are sullen, and will be as they are, whatever we think them or wish them to be.

Sense is a line, the mind is a circle. Sense is like a line which is the flux of a point running out from itself, but intellect like a circle that keeps within itself.

Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within.

Now all the knowledge and wisdom that is in creatures, whether angels or men, is nothing else but a participation of that one eternal, immutable and increased wisdom of God.

Some who are far from atheists, may make themselves merry with that conceit of thousands of spirits dancing at once upon a needle's point.

The true knowledge or science which exists nowhere but in the mind itself, has no other entity at all besides intelligibility; and therefore whatsoever is clearly intelligible, is absolutely true.

True zeal is an ignis lambeus, a soft and gentle flame, that will not scorch one's hand.

The golden beams of truth and the silken cords of love, twisted together, will draw men on with a sweet violence, whether they will or not.

A good conscience is the best looking-glass of heaven.

Just underneath your breaking point lies your true strength.

Man is a culture, nothing but a culture! Question your culture! Just like monkeys picking lice from their skin, get rid of the stupidities in your culture!

Whether I felt strong and courageous or not, I would now have to be for my baby boy.

It is natural to believe in God when you're alone-- quite alone, in the night, thinking about death.

Iran's nuclear program . . . there was going to be a time limit . . .

No species ... possesses a purpose beyond the imperatives created by genetic history ... The human mind is a device for survival and reproduction, and reason is just one of its various techniques.

It's so fun to play something that feels reckless - not all the time, but I really must be acting out something that I can't do in real life.

Adopt the standard of perfection, because it is a perfect universe.

Where do I begin? I loved working with Kate Hepburn, which was one of the highlights of my life; Working with Richard Burton in Beckett was another great joy.

Always take a stand for yourself, your values. You're defined by what you stand for