One thing a man must have: either a naturally light disposition or a disposition lightened by art and knowledge.

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.

A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles.

As soon as a religion comes to dominate it has as its opponents all those who would have been its first disciples.

No one dies of fatal truths nowadays: there are too many antidotes.

Most people are far too much occupied with themselves to be malicious.

We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary.

Our crime against criminals lies in the fact that we treat them like rascals.

The more thoroughly a person understands life, the less he will mock, though in the end he might still mock the "thoroughness of his understanding.

In large States public education will always be extremely mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is at best only mediocre.

None of the people have any real interest in a science, who only begin to be enthusiastic about it when they themselves have made discoveries in it.

To love someone so deeply is to risk losing yourself forever. Once I admitted my feelings to him, there was no going back—no hope to ever make my heart complete without him

It isn't important who is going to hurt me, but its important who is going to love me.

......When one loves, one is only too ready to believe one's love returned.

Even though I'm on a show that I love with people that I love - I have basically the dream job - that doesn't mean I'm not getting rejected on a daily basis.

Four times I was honked at for having the temerity to proceed through town without the benefit of metal.

The reality is we are still ranked 10th and we are playing a team ranked second in the world who are playing at the top of their game and are at home.

If you compare my character to the others, they were sexy with designer clothes. I had the nerdy outfit.

You don't sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.

But contrary to what some people seem to think, I was never a bully. I was just a hard man.

Leaders' careers will usually be determined by their handling of one or two critical events that no one could possibly anticipate or plan for.