What a sublime doctrine it is, that goodness cherished now is eternal life already entered on!

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

The world is governed by opinion.

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.

May your life preach more loudly than your lips.

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd even toward the best objective.

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

Ask yourself the question: If I don't do it, who will? If you find the answer is no one will do it, then do it yourself.

Love is the mortar that holds the human structure together.

Tell me what’s the difference between hope and waiting because my heart doesn’t know It constantly cuts itself on the glass of waiting It constantly gets lost in the fog of hope

Unfortunately, the world has not been designed for the convenience of mathematicians.

Home is a word stronger than a magician ever spoke.

Everyone really does have a place and a purpose and a need.

There's nothing like getting yourself into character and seeing a different person. It really wears on your vanity.

Participants in dance, both dancers and viewers, may experience catharsis and develop a sense of mastery or self-discovery.

Please don't mistake who I am for who the character is.

By the golden chain Homer meant nothing else than the sun.