In love, a verse of Mimnermus has more power than one of Homer.

Let's give the historians something to write about

No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair.

By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint.

Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?

Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats.

Love is fostered by confidence and constancy; he who is able to give much is able also to love much.

Let each man have the wit to go his own way.

I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength.

Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.

Even if my strength should fail, my daring will win me praise: in might enterprises even the will to succeed is enough.

There is always a beautiful light around the compassionate people: The shining light of goodness!

Magic is always there. Sometimes it just takes an artist to find it and show the rest of us where to look.

When the focus becomes ‘What would Jesus do?’ instead of ‘What has Jesus done?’ the [conservative/liberal] labels no longer matter.

Writing as a creative art flourishes only when there are no rules. Rules stifle you from entering the silent and forbidden spaces where the core of the story is waiting to be revealed.

We all perform. It's what we do for each other all the time, deliberately or unintionally. It's a way of telling about ourselves in the hope of being recognized as what we'd like to be.--PERFORMANCE

I think all the roles I've played really center around either the great conflict or how the great conflict affects the people that I love. I've been cast often as a hard-nosed, hyper-confident guy.

We're Norwegians. You know, the Vikings. My deadlift was 310 pounds. I mean, I was very, very strong - and I didn't take steroids. I did it all on my own.

The majority prove their worth by keeping busy. A busy life is the nearest thing to a purposeful life.

Things are in their essence what we choose to make them. A thing is, according to the mode in which one looks at it.

...humans are not defined by their limitations, but by the intentions that I have for them; not by what they seem to be, but by everything it means to be created in my image.