Patience is passion tamed.

Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry.

I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.

In New York - whose subway trains in particular have been "tattooed" with an energy to put our own rude practitioners to shame - not an inch of free space is spared except that of advertisements.

A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice - but as yet unstained.

Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.

The artist does not really create; he discovers.

It is a shame for a man to be a millionaire in possessions if he is not also a millionaire in beneficence.

We often pray for purity, unselfishness, for the highest qualities of character, and forget that these things cannot be given, but must be earned.

The highest qualities of character...must be earned.

Religion is not a conclusion of the reason.

Dance from your heart and let your passion shine through

Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright.

We are, in truth, more than half what we are by imitation.

There isn't an agony in the world more powerful than tenderness

I'm a passionate individual, and sometimes when I have strong feelings about a subject, I feel the need to express myself.

Wise men have more to learn of fools than fools of wise men.

This is why Jessica Biel is a successful actress: because, despite the punchlines, you know how to tell a joke.

No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.

You just learn one thing for the day, that can change a fight.

You are a god in the company of gods and must conduct yourself accordingly.