The strongest intimidation, by the way, is the invention of a hereafter with a hell everlasting.

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.

One thing a man must have: either a naturally light disposition or a disposition lightened by art and knowledge.

A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles.

As soon as a religion comes to dominate it has as its opponents all those who would have been its first disciples.

No one dies of fatal truths nowadays: there are too many antidotes.

Most people are far too much occupied with themselves to be malicious.

We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary.

Our crime against criminals lies in the fact that we treat them like rascals.

The more thoroughly a person understands life, the less he will mock, though in the end he might still mock the "thoroughness of his understanding.

In large States public education will always be extremely mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is at best only mediocre.

Why create churches for 50-year-olds and let culture have the students?

The integral part of being a star is having the will to win. All the champions have it.

The serve was invented so that the net could play.

Don't you ever mind," she asked suddenly, "not being rich enough to buy all the books you want?

I was able to not fold and go in a corner because I had my writing as therapy, but also as my tool for struggle.

Recognize success with thanksgiving and build more success on that.

Everything is something, but something is nothing.

If you destroy delicacy and a sense of shame in a young girl, you deprave her very fast.

There is something nice about wearing the same thing everyday, having that go-to.

There is definitely something that has to be said for me liking the action, Lara Croft type stuff. I really want to explore that side of me.