Why should the soul ever repose? God, its Principle, reposes never.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

Pegging your contentment to the overall state of the world rather than of your own life: the basis of morality, or a sort of madness?

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.

And you know something, because everything that I've gotten - my career, my money, my family; everything that I've gotten and achieved is because of California.

Life is a flash of lightning in the dark of night. It is a brief time of tremendous potential.

Experience first, then intellectualize.

Ed Kowalczyk is my favorite singer.

I've had job stability for years at a time. You really develop great relationships with the people you work with.

Humility is not about having a low self-image or poor self-esteem. Humility is about self-awareness.

I don't get tripped up in technology. I use technology as a tool. 'Oldboy' we shot Two Pro 35mm. For 'Da Blood of Jesus,' we shot digitally. We shot the new Sony F55. It's a 4K camera.

I'm a lucky guy. No question.