The division between faith and reason is a half-measure, till it is frankly admitted that faith has to do with fiction, and reason with fact.

Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.

He who sees only what is before his eyes sees the worst part of every view.

The only way in which one human being can properly attempt to influence another is by encouraging him to think for himself, instead of endeavoring to instill ready-made opinions into his head.

The poet should touch our heart by showing his own

Walking is the natural recreation for a man who desires not absolutely to suppress his intellect but to turn it out to play for a season.

Chance is a name for our ignorance.

I believe that the ascent of mountains forms an essential chapter in the complete duty of man, and that it is wrong to leave any district without setting foot on its highest peak.

The truth cannot be asserted without denouncing the falsehood.

If you wish at once to do nothing and be respectable nowadays, the best pretext is to be at work on some profound study.

Poe is a kind of Hawthorne and delirium tremens.

Mindfulness could also be described as "heartfulness" because it is really about a compassionate awareness.

Aim at a high mark and you'll hit it. No, not the first time, nor the second time. Maybe not the third. But keep on aiming and keep on shooting for only practice will make you perfect.

The best is the enemy of good.

Haphazard actions don’t bring results!

The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.

Why go to a machine when you could go to a human being?

If I wanted to lie, or if we wanted to lie, if we wanted to exaggerate, I wouldn't use my daughter to do so. I could easily buy other people to do it.

I keep hoping that as time passes by, we’ll regain the ease between us, but part of me knows it’s futile. There’s no going back.

Videos are more like photography. It's not as much about trying to tell a story as it is creating images.

I like being behind the scene.