The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but blind pitiless indifference.

The mind that finds its way to wild places is the poet's; but the mind that never finds its way back is the lunatic's.

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.

Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect-and I don't live to be-but before you start pointing fingers... make sure your hands are clean!

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Hollywood brides keep the bouquets and throw away the grooms.

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.

Young heads take example of the ancient.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can be named. If you can't name it, it means you don't recognize it.

At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.