. . . it seldom happens, I think, that a man has the civility to die when all the world wishes it.

Not to find pleasure in serious reading gives a pastel coloring to the mind.

There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light in which we view things

The heart has no wrinkles.

We are never satisfied with having done well; and in endeavoring to do better, we do much worse.

If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives.

When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.

There are twelve hours in the day, and above fifty in the night.

I dislike clocks with second-hands; they cut up life into too small pieces.

I know of no sorrow greater than that occasioned by a delay of the post.

... we ought to be astonished at nothing; for what do we not meet with in our journey through life?

I often feel very guilty because of the time that I spend outside of my home and the little time that sometimes I have for my kids.

Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.

…you guessed that somewhere, in heaven knew what country and what guise, there was someone who was part of your body and your brain, and that without him you were lost, a straw blown by the wind.

As long as he was breathing, God's greatest task for him was not yet finished. His highest purpose in life was still unfulfilled. ... God still had plans for him.

Racism is ignorant. And it's stupid. And it's old. And it's played out. So beat it already with that, you know what I mean? 'Let's all get along' - I'm so tired of that damn sentence, but it's true.

The Roman Catholic Church is for saints and sinners alone - for respectable people, the Anglican Church will do.

The only question that matters with regard to a religion and its mythology is “What do these stories mean?

Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal.

There's the space that you soar into, the space that you sometimes break through to, and hang in. A sort of gasp or gap.

Don't let anyone drain you of your happiness today. Be drama free. Rise above the petty stuff.