Contentment and indeed usefulness comes as the infallible result of great acceptances great humilities-of not trying to conform to some dramatized version of ourselves.

For adventure is not outside a man it is within.

What is more enthralling to the human mind than this splendid boundless colored mutability!-Life in the making?

We fail more often by timidity than by over-daring.

Of all the people in the world those who want the most are those who have the most.

No real friendship is ever made without an initial clashing which discloses the metal of each to each.

Friendship is neither a formality nor a mode: it is rather a life.

Happiness ... loves to see men work. She loves sweat weariness self-sacrifice. She will not be found in the palaces but lurking in cornfields and factories and hovering over littered desks.

We fail far more often by timidity than by over-daring.

A life uncommanded now is uncom-manded a life unenjoyed now is unenjoyed a life not lived wisely now is not lived wisely.

I just want someone to hear what I have to say. And maybe if I talk long enough, it’ll make sense.

As the Weaver, so is the Thread

I haven't been in a good mood since I was 6 years old

[When asked how tall she is:] I'm five feet, 15 inches.

We never know which of us will start the chain reaction. But one of us will.

I doubt that more than two percent of professing Christians in the United States are truly born again.

The reality of one night, let alone that of a whole lifetime, can never be the whole truth.

You're kidding. I thought all geniuses read Latin. Isn't that the international language for smart people?"-Shane (Glass Houses)

When I reflect on the issues that black Hollywood has had with the lack of representation at the Oscars, I realized that we have a responsibility to tell stories that are meaningful for our history.

I'm not saying we purposely introduced bugs or anything, but this is kind of a natural result of any complexities of software... that you can't fully test it.