By annihilating desires, you annihilate the mind.

Truth is a torch which gleams in the fog but does not dispel it.

No nation has reason to regard itself superior to others by virtue of its innate endowment.

To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves: such a prohibition ought to fill them with disdain.

Education made us what we are.

The degree of genius necessary to please us is pretty nearly the same proportion that we ourselves have.

Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil.

Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it.

Genius is nothing but continued attention.

Virtue has many preachers, but few martyrs.

A man who believes that he eats his God we do not call mad; yet, a man who says he is Jesus Christ, we call mad.

She hoped he could move on one day and find happiness. He had the luxury to try. She hoped he would su

The deductive method is the mode of using knowledge, and the inductive method the mode of acquiring it.

In the Garden of Eden Eve showed more courage than Adam.. when the serpent offered the forbidden fruit. She knew that there was something better than paradise.

There is no beauty like that which was spoiled by an accident; no accomplishments and graces are so to be envied as those that circumstances rudely hindered the development of.

I wanted to get paid to sharpen pencils originally just because I thought it would be fun.

I did all the Chef Boyardee commercials, in America, when I was young.

It's good to go with your gut instincts in life. You just should. Even if it doesn't work out, something good will come out of it.

Noah Baumbach writing is really wonderful. I think the way he plays out each character with a unique voice is really impressive, and rhythmically his dialogue works.

I try to learn from every experience, good or bad.

God has just always put me in the right place I guess.