It's a frightening thing. To go to France, the elder daughter of the church, it's always called, and you get the feeling the church has gone away.

'Tis certain that our senses are extremely disproportioned for comprehending the whole compass and latitude of things.

Garner up pleasant thoughts in your mind, for pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives.

Science doesn't deliver even that much "truth"; it delivers empirically adequate generalisations, and that is all we need.

It is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes, that men should give soft words and hard arguments; that they should not so much strive to vex as to convince each other.

Obscurity in writing is commonly an argument of darkness in the mind. The greatest learning is to be seen in the greatest plainness.

Nothing is properly one's duty but what is also one's interest.

I'm pretty sure my addiction to reading has just reached a whole new level.

This man's spiritual power has been precisely this, that he has distinguished between custom and creed. He has broken the conventions, but he has kept the commandments.

I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.

And then to end up with a total of 347 wins, averaging 10 regular season wins for 33 years and the best winning percentage, and I'm very proud of this, of any professional team from 1970 to 1996.

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

Prudence says one thing, desire says another, and I'd rather go with desire any time.

Every man is working out his destiny in his own way and nobody can be of any help except by being kind, generous, and patient.

Even Crazy Horses is a good song, by the Osmonds. I've known many bands who have covered that. It's just a great song. I bought it in a brown, paper bag because I didn't want anyone to know I had it.

If you can find something that you're really passionate about, whether you're a man or a woman comes a lot less into play. Passion is a gender-neutralizing force.

Like a human rights lawyer who uses the law to rectify wrongs, I use filmic storytelling for the same effect.