there is a law of retribution in all things, direct or indirect, visible or invisible.

Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings.

It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people.

To grow up in intimate association with nature - animal and vegetable - is an irreplaceable form of wealth and culture.

Heed the spark or you may dread the fire.

It is the highest form of culture and craftmanship in art to use local materials. That way you stand a chance of adding to culture. The other way you are in danger of merely imitating it.

Girls! Girls! Those of you who have hearts, and therefore a wish for happiness, homes and husbands by and by, never develop a reputation for being clever.

There are only two kinds of parents. Those who think their offspring can do nothing wrong, and those who think they can do nothing right.

Every now and again it would be considered wholesome for me to be more with people of my own age. Demotion to such company was a sapless exile. Their inanity was insufferable.

In the career of a prodigy there invariably comes a time when it is compelled to relinquish being very clever for a child, and has to enter the business of life in competition with adults.

I early became conscious that men breathe more audibly than women. Sit in a room in silence with men and women, and you can always hear the men breathing.

The best teacher kindles the fire of knowledge with appreciation and love of students whose hearts so eagerly desire to learn.

Have you had a failure or rejection? You could get bitter. That's one way to deal with it. Or...you could just get BETTER. What do you think?

The safest thing to do when in danger is to be too stupid to know you are in danger.

The key to staying together is making sure you guys like each other and need each other.

Nobody in my family ever surfed, but they would always bring me to the beach.

When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting.

A lot of it [success] is luck. That's a huge part of it that no one wants to talk about. You just got to be in the right place at the right time.

I've been more content with just who I am.

I don't tell 'U.S. Weekly' which parties I'm going to. I write songs.

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.