Not in sorrow freely is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

The proverb answers where the sermon fails.

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption, also.

Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for the generation which it precedes.

It should console us for the fact that sin has not totally disappeared from the world, that the saints are not wholly deprived of employment.

I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.

The dread of criticism is the death of genius.

Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give.

The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian.

Life gives us choices. You either grab on with both hands and just go for it, or you sit on the sidelines.

You can quarrel with a person's ideas, but not with their experience.

Man is an endangered species.

History is information. Memory is part of your identity.

I'm an amazing mama's boy.

Such is the scale and depth of poverty in many parts of the world that it won't be ended overnight. That is why if, like me, you want to see an end to poverty, you need to be in it for the long haul.

I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.

Dogs bark at a person whom they do not know.

I drifted into acting and drifted out. Acting is not everything. Living is.

Be ready to face the worst. This will leave you with stability in your mind.