We profit little by books we do not enjoy.

We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth.

Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.

If we are ever in doubt what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.

If we succeed in giving the love of learning, the learning itself is sure to follow.

A wise system of education will at least teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.

True development only comes when the principles of truth and honesty have been successfully transmitted into the daily and everyday lifestyle of the people.

Be extremely careful when using irony: bear in mind that irony might be an overture for sarcasm

I really started hanging out with Steve [Murphy, the inspiration for Holbrook's character] a lot. I got educated that way. It was crash course. You learn as quickly as possible.

My tendency to internalize emotion is probably why I'm an actor. I'm comfortable performing angrily but have such difficulty expressing anger in my life.

Since the hour when Christ despoiled Hades, men have danced in triumph over death.

People that have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.

My father's record collection was all country. That's how I was exposed to it.

Over and over again, I'm trying to express or communicate these big and small struggles to the world, and really to myself.

Our culture doesn't like being told what to do; that's happening in the Church.

Under our system of three branches of government, the courts ultimately are the checks on the legislative and executive branches when they exceed or even abuse the limits of their power.