A warm blundering man does more for the world than a frigid wise man.

Hypocrisy is folly. It is much easier, safer, and pleasanter to be the thing which a man aims to appear, than to keep up the appearance of being what he is not.

The primary object of a student of literature is to be delighted. His duty is to enjoy himself, his efforts should be directed to developing his faculty of appreciation.

To have too much forethought is the part of a wretch; to have too little is the part of a fool.

It does not matter that Dickens' world is not life-like; it is alive.

A contemplative life has more the appearance of a life of piety than any other; but it is the divine plan to bring faith into activity and exercise.

It requires as much reflection and wisdom to know what is not to be put into a sermon, as what is.

Power rests in tranquillity.

I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most people don't have.

I managed lots of clubs. I had more clubs than Jack Nicholson

I don't know anyone who sits down to write a song hit except Irving Berlin. He can't help writing hits.

As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life.

Within each of us there is a silence as vast as the universe. We long for it. We can return to it.

In martial arts, the biggest enemy is self. Inside you struggle because you want to prove something.

The music as a whole is selfish, but the musicians aren't," "The song may go on forever but it's not about competition within the band; it's about playing as a band.

If you know that things are bound to happen whatever you do, then you may feel free to give up the fight against them.

I think when you work with really wonderful directors who have a really strong vision, it lets you as an artist set the tone for your own career.

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