What of us lies in the hearts of others is our truest and deepest self.

Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.

Each nationality contains its centre of happiness within itself, as a bullet the centre of gravity.

To think what is true, to sense what is beautiful and to want what is good, hereby the spirit finds purpose of a life in reason.

A poet is the creator of the nation around him, he gives them a world to see and has their souls in his hand to lead them to that world.

Those that embrace the entire universe with love, for the most part love nothing, but their narrow selves.

We live in a world we ourselves create.

Touch not the flute when drums are sounding around; when fools have the word, the wise will be silent.

What destiny sends, bear! Whoever perseveres will be crowned.

Brave is the lion tamer, brave is the world subduer, but braver is the one who has subdued himself.

All our science calculates with abstracted individual external marks, which do not touch the inner existence of any single thing

In John 6 we read that when great multitudes went after Him, He told them three times that unless they were willing to pay the price, they could not be His followers.

The road is long if one proceeds by way of precepts but short and effectual if by way of personal example.

The hardest thing about being a writer is convincing your wife that lying on the sofa is work.

Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.

It's important to know that if you are dealing with shadows.

I have no confidence whatsoever in BP. I think that they do not know what they are doing.

Government is the exercise of all the great qualities of the human mind.

What we have is given by God and to teach it to others is to return it to him.

I've been doing comedies but I'm not a comedian.

War makes rattling good history.