Truth always has a bewitching savor of newness in it, and novelty at the first taste recalls that original sweetness to the tongue; but alas for him who would make the one a substitute for the other.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Violence only attacks the body, but it is non-violence that has the power to influence the soul and reshape it towards a peaceful future.

The Big Bang theory says nothing about what banged, why it banged, or what happened before it banged.

When you're doing a film, people are always telling you exactly what to do. Literally, your own decisions are taken away from you.

I don't pray so that I can change God. I pray so that God can change me.

A good government implies two things: first, fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of the means by which that object can be best attained.

I'm not great at fear. I made the least frightening vampire show ever on TV. I'm pretty much good at heroic narratives and making people laugh, and that's pretty much it.

I'm constantly changing up my show. It's never the same.

I never stopped writing about what was actually going on in my life. There's nothing to hide.

If there were only one person in the world, is there any way he could be insane?

You must manage yourself before you can lead someone else.