Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

I think sometimes when we find love we pretend it away, or ignore it, or tell ourselves we’re imagining it. Because it is the most painful kind of hope there is.

The day she was born, her grandfather made her a ring of silver and a polished stone, because he loved her already.

In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion.

I started out typing and filing and answering the phones for a little nine-person firm. And that nine-person firm gave me my chance to find my own way.

I didn't get attached to Botox. It is costly, and you have to remember to keep doing it.

We dwell in shadow or in sunlight . . . according to our belief.

You should make great things, not promising great things.

To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.

I was 20, I was an amateur from 14 but my first professional role was at 22.

Go in close, and when you think you are too close, go in closer.