What is life? The joy of the blessed, the sorrow of the sad, and a search for death. And what is death? An inevitable happening, an uncertain pilgrimage, the tears of the living, the thief of man.

There was always a way, when one knew what one wanted.

As for will, woman should be considered superior to man for Eve ate of the apple for love of knowledge and learning, but Adam ate of it merely because she asked him.

Who was to know what went on in a person's heart? A wise woman kept her own counsel.

Strange, the workings of the heart. One could go on for years, habituated to loss, reconciled to it, and then, in a moment's unwary thought, the pain resurfaced, sharp and raw as a fresh wound.

Heed my words, daughter, if you ever mean to be happy: Never give yourself to a man.

To marry is to surrender everything--not only your body but your pride, your independence, even your life.

She did not care about anything very much. Hope was gone. She existed that was all.

She had discovered that her love of knowing was not unnatural or sinful but the direct consequence of a God-given ability to reason.

This was the price for the the strange life she had chosen, but she had gone into it with eyes open, and there was no profit in regret.

Why, she wondered, do we always reserve our worst hatred for our own?

I have yet to be completely submerged in reality, for drowning in the sky.

If you have to do it, you can do it.

Iran is five to 10 years away from having a nuclear weapon. We have time to try diplomacy.

Returning is the movement of the Way.

Mad About You fit my sensibility the most of any show that I worked on, and as a result, it was really fun. It felt like a very natural fit.

The feeling it gave me was an odd combination of weightless self-pity and excitement. I understood my life was meaningless, and this knowledge freed me up to accomplish absolutely anything.

You have to get out of the boat so you can know the intimacy of walking with Jesus.

I don’t want to be special. I don’t want to look special. I’m happy with just ‘me’

For them to have the season that they had, for them to have us on the ropes ... Congrats to the Cavs.

The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people's money away quietly, and then you give some of it back to them flamboyantly.