Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper apprehension of the significance and scope of human existence.

The principle of equity first came into evidence in Roman jurisprudence and was derived by analogy from the physical meaning of the word.

I am not going to claim that modern anarchism has any direct relation to Roman jurisprudence; but I do claim that it has its basis in the laws of nature rather than in the state of nature.

A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them.

I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration.

The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides the growth of forms along the lines of the greatest structural efficiency.

The sensitive artist knows that a bitter wind is blowing.

Love works miracles in stillness.

Art is pattern informed by sensibility.

Great changes in the destiny of mankind can be effected only in the minds of little children.

The work of art... is an instrument for tilling the human psyche, that it may continue to yield a harvest of vital beauty.

God cannot resist love for He cannot resist Himself.

[Amy] pulled a face. 'Honestly, when you grow up you'll learn you may as well try herding cats as keeping men in one place, ' she told me solemnly, which I vowed to remember.

A role model can teach you to love and respect yourself.

You get somebody to crack a smile, that's a beautiful thing.

I just don't want to copy the current trends or do movies for teenagers. I want people to get more out of movies.

Apologetic explanations do not develop unless there is a reality that has to be explained and defended. Jesus was undeniably a figure of history.

But the worst of imagining things is that the time comes when you have to stop and that hurts.

I think that's okay and that is part of growing up and that is good, to learn that the world isn't always your oyster or isn't everybody's oyster.

Those looking for ideology in the White House should consider this: For the men who rule our world, rules are for other people.

I avoid people who I actually like. I suppose that’s a phobia but also a habit.