As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.

The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is

Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort.

Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind.

We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.

Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.

Your faith is what you believe, not what you know.

What we love to do we find time to do.

Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.

When we have not the strength or the courage to grasp a new truth, we persuade ourselves that it is not a truth at all.

Education would be a divine thing, if it did nothing more than help us to think and love great thoughts instead of little thoughts.

Don't let the difficulties that come with your dream blur your vision of the prize ahead.

Just because something is ubiquitous does not mean that it is innocuous.

No matter how much time you spend reading books or following your intuition, you're gonna screw it up. Fifty times. You can't do parenting right.

I always like to read something romantic about the place I'm visiting.

I would live in a world of Christ-like humans, but not one full of Christians, may God forgive me.

When I open a refrigerator door and the light goes on, I want to perform.

On Sherry: The destiny of a thousand generations is concentrated in each drop. If the cares of the world overwhelm you, only taste it, pilgrim, and you will swear that heaven is on earth.

Those true eyes, Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise, The sweet soul shining through them.

I think we all have a piece of wild in us that we want to protect. It was a very organic choice for me to support this organization [African Wildlife Foundation].

All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.