Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.

...Nature builds up her refined and invisible architecture, with a delicacy eluding our conception, yet with a symmetry and beauty which we are never weary of admiring.

The stars are the land-marks of the universe.

The besetting evil of our age is the temptation to squander and dilute thought on a thousand different lines of inquiry.

Occurrences which according to received theories ought not to happen, are the facts which serve as clues to new discoveries

To the natural philosopher, there is no natural object unimportant or trifling. From the least of Nature's works he may learn the greatest lessons.

The barrier has begun to yield.

Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy.

All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more strongly the truths come from on high, and contained in the sacred writings.

There is a pinciple in the heart of music which has yet to be discovered.

What God sends is welcome.

Remember that the three words that kills learning are "I already know".

I don't think it is as much a human foible as it is a human curse that we cannot understand the beauty of a thing until it is gone.

Is that right?” she murmured.

Hi, I'm Day.Hi, I'm June

If we cannot now end our differences at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

I love, love, love being an actor - it's still the hardest and scariest thing I do, outside of parenting. But I've always been someone who likes a busy day.

A political theory seeks to find from history the limits of the politically possible

Growing up, I loved Bill Cosby.

And I have stopped eating tuna until the tuna nets cease killing tens of thousands of dolphins every single year.

As an actor playing a character, I can't come in with my judgement, or else I can't play it honestly. My judgement has to be reserved for later.