There is nothing steadfast in life but our memories. We are sure of keeping intact only that which we have lost.

The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.

There is a transcendent power in example.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.

The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.

Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.

Quantum theory provides us with a striking illustration of the fact that we can fully understand a connection though we can only speak of it in images and parables.

Going to college is neither necessary nor sufficient to be well-educated.

I was lazy. I would have been a hell of a lot better actress had I taken it more seriously. I never had the proper respect for acting. Quite often, I learned my lines on the way to the studio.

I don't think traveling back in time on an empty stomach is a good idea.

What makes us heroic?--Confronting simultaneously our supreme suffering and our supreme hope.

Throughout the history of mankind there have been murderers and tyrants; and while it may seem momentarily that they have the upper hand, they have always fallen. Always.

We tear ourselves inside out for something the world may love, then base our worth on that.

Everything you know, all the things that you thought were important, drift into the background. And even things that were important really come to the fore and he's one of them.

Each of us can, by ploy or gambit, most naturally gain the advantage.

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this.