intellect is a sin that must be atoned for by leading exactly the life of those who have none.

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.

That's what it means to die, to not be able to stop looking at whatever's in front of you. Some darn thing placed directly there, with nothing you can do about it...

The Lord works in mysterious ways. What's true to one man, a wonder and a marvel, might not seem so to another, as God didn't intend it for him.

This is the power of a kiss: It does not have the power to kill you. But it has the power to bring you to life.

Don't be afraid to make a mistake your readers might like it.

The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out in one day.

The question of the composition of perceptible objects is one which already occupied the mind of the ancient Greeks.

I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.

Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.

No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory perusal.