It is always wise, as it is also fair, to test a man by the standards of his own day, and not by those of another.

One can enjoy a wood fire worthily only when he warms his thoughts by it as well as his hands and feet.

If the unicorn does live among the snows held up forever on the line of the Equator then it is clear why the world should know so little about them.

For what I give, not what I take, For battle, not for victory, My prayer of thanks I make.

There are people who not only strive to remain static themselves, but strive to keep everything else so... their position is almost laughably hopeless.

There are people who not only strive to remain static themselves but strive to keep everything else so ... their position is almost laughably hopeless.

It is always wise as it is also fair to test a man by the standards of his own day and not by those of another.

Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms.

I do not perceive even one other thing, O monks, that when undeveloped and uncultivated entails such great suffering as the mind. The mind when undeveloped and uncultivated entails great suffering.

I just can't talk about things before I do them, because just for me... I give energy away before I've put energy into the job.

I believe the novella is the perfect form of prose fiction.

Let's face it, the subject of campaign finance is not always scintillating. But it's incredibly important.

The world is changing. We're not really proceeding on a stationary basis.

My trouble is insomnia. If I had always slept properly, I'd never have written a line.

There's still not as many women in music as men, and I don't really know why. I don't have the answers. I do wish there were more women that played music.

We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.