The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic

Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.

There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families aren't dying. They're merging into big conglomerates.

I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat but that`s OK - the bat had to get Ozzy shots.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

Once you label me you negate me.

The cloud is free only to go with the wind. The rain is free only in falling.

The day of individual happiness has passed

Sunlight is painting.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.

A toast, Jedediah, to love on my terms. Those are the only terms anybody ever knows - his own.

Not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.