Morality, when vigorously alive, sees farther than intellect, and provides unconsciously for intellectual difficulties.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

There is something incredibly nostalgic and significant about the annual cascade of autumn leaves.

The things that make me different are the things that make me ME. -Piglet

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.

Part of me is drawn to the nature of sadness because I think life is sad, and sadness is not something that should be avoided or denied. It's a fact of life, like contradictions are.

I always have the feeling that I'm just another human being.

The biggest fairy tale is that justice works because it doesn't.

I wonder how it is that people's philosophies have come to spin faster than the changing seasons.

For me to win at New Hampshire, first of all, is more than a stretch and more than a dream. This is probably one of my worst places.

I don't care how far we've come with "women's liberation," with all these things. In a man's mind, he still needs to be the support of his family. He needs to hold up the world.

Love is giving and it has nothing to do with what you receive.