Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am.".

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.

A happy wedlock is a long falling in love.

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience, your heart and your soul. So only can you be true to God.

Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day.

There is no college for the conscience.

Now is the time when you see people which you know... but they start ignoring you... and how do you deal with that?

The way her body existed only where he touched her. The rest of her was smoke.

If John McCain wants to have a debate about who has the temperament, and judgment, to serve as the next Commander-in-Chief, that's a debate I'm ready to have.

Spring's an expansive time: yet I don't trust March with its peck of dust, Nor April with its rainbow-crowned brief showers, Nor even May, whose flowers One frost may wither thro' the sunless hours.

I was five or six when I joined SAG, and Equity I joined when I was nine.

There are four principles we really taught: to live passionately, love completely, learn humbly and then lead boldly.

The only advice I can give you is what you're telling yourself. Only, maybe you're too scared to listen.

I am thoroughly sick of pearls. They make one look so plain, so good and so intellectual.

When I pick up the guitar, it's a melody, and that's what drives the lyrics. It's bits and pieces of truth, but it is storytelling.

In exchange for power, influence, command and a place in history, a president gives up the bulk of his privacy.