Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid of me.

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by showing its faults; as when a stream discovers the dirt at the bottom, it convinces us of the transparency and purity of the water.

Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But wise through time, and narrative with age, In summer-days like grasshoppers rejoice - A bloodless race, that send a feeble voice.

While pensive poets painful vigils keep, Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep.

See! From the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings; Short is his joy! He feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground.

I'm actually an evangelical atheist, but there is something I recognise about religion: that it gives people a chance to surrender.

My feelings about myself have been terrible.

Feminism is a transformational force, an individual and social force. It is a way of looking at the world-a questioning of power/domination issues, an affirmation of women's energy.

A girl can't sing rock & roll too well. It's basically too savage.

Encourage innovation. Change is our lifeblood, stagnation our death knell.

Adolescence begins when children stop asking questions-because they know all the answers.

Women, in general, are not attracted to art at all, nor knowledge, and not at all to genius.

I actually got really good at unicycling.

Reveal yourself, mage! Only a coward stays cloaked in invisibility.

I don't want anybody shooting, but I can't stop it.