Whenever anything changes and quits its proper limits, this change is at once the death of that which was before.

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.

Nothing can be created out of nothing.

The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.

Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions... How many evils has religion caused?

No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through

What came from the earth returns back to the earth, and the spirit that was sent from heaven, again carried back, is received into the temple of heaven.

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.

Only religion can lead to such evil.

For fools admire and love those things they see hidden in verses turned all upside down, and take for truth what sweetly strokes the ears and comes with sound of phrases fine imbued.

You ought to dare great things.

You can't just lecture the poor that they shouldn't riot or go to extremes. You have to make the means of legal redress available.

One mend-fault is worth two find-faults, but one find-fault is better than two make-faults.

the only perfect people are dead people, because their the only ones who can't make mistakes!

If you've got a today, don't wear it tomorrow. Tomorrow never happens. It's all the same day.

I'm just looking always for characters that change, because I want to get better, as an actor and as a person.

I was kind of a weird homie; I was a weird kid. Nobody in my family loved books. I'm the only one.

Well, in Twilight, I started out dying my hair blonde. And then, as the movie progressed, I wore wigs. The wigs went through a transformation. In Breaking Dawn, it's a little longer. That's my arc.

Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen.

When you win the toss - bat. If you are in doubt, think about it, then bat. If you have very big doubts, consult a colleague then bat.