The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.

Goethe has made a remark upon the perfectability of the human mind, which is full of sagacity: It is always advancing, but in a spiral line.

Love is the symbol of eternity.

Enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'

Prayer is the life of the soul.

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

The hell with her

I am sitting here at thirty-six feeling like I am responsible for the holocaust for all that is toxic and wrong. Maybe it’s because I eat meat, and I stepped on three ants last Tuesday.

The boys throw rocks at the frogs in jest. But the frogs die in earnest.

Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship.

If you want a kinder world, then behave with kindness; if you want a peaceful world, make peace within.

I know enough to know that when you're in a pickle... call Mom.

To be a judge you don't have to know about books, you have to be skilled at picking shrapnel out of your head.

The new prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, while a vast improvement on his predecessor is not doing much, if anything, to slow that process done.

Though as he'd say, what is 'belief' but a willingness to suspend the negatives?

In youth one has tears without grief; in age, griefs without tears