It matters less to venerate things than to live with them on terms of good friendship.

Unkindness almost always stands for the displeasure that one has in oneself.

I can easily do without people (there are days when I could easily do without myself), and ... in the country of books where I dwell, the dead can count entirely as much as the living.

The sight or sound of perfect things causes a certain suffering.

Our present-day artists do not transform, they deform. That gives pleasure to nobody. It changes everything, therefore it changes nothing.

Abstract art: a construction site for high fashion, for advertising, for furniture.

German civility, which often seems stiff to us, shows an attentive and touching respect for the person that I often prefer to our offhandedness.

Things that are truly great need nothing from me, and to somehow think that they do speaks to my utter lack of greatness.

Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?

What is meant by believing in Christ but just going with trusting and loving hearts, and committing to His love and power ourselves, our souls, and all that concerns us for time and eternity?

Cousins are forever and forever are cousins they stand by your side for you no matter what.

It's the bullies who are afraid, are the ones that do all the fighting. It's not the secure kids that get out there and fight. It's the insecure kids.

It's hard for us to talk about how we disdain file-sharing when in fact it probably has been a great resource for us.

I daresay Freddy might not be a great hand at slaying dragons- but one has not the smallest need of a man who can kill dragons!

I became a professional actor in Detroit and I was able to earn some money. It was a good job because it permitted me to study. It fit perfectly with school.

After eight years of Obama one thing is clear: Conservatives want a fighter.

Some people prefer the passenger role, because it imposes no real pressure to decide or stand accountable for their life results.