You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive.

Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it.

What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.

Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.

Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen.

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.

A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust.

Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera.

You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive.

A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.

Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies.

A Leprecaun without a pot of gold is like a rose without perfume, a bird without a wing, or an inside without an outside.

A man and a woman may become quite intimate in a quarter of an hour. Almost certainly will they endeavour to explain themselves to each other before many minutes have elapsed; but a man and a man will not do this, and even less so will a woman and a woman, for these are parallel lines which will never meet.

A secret is a weapon and a friend.

Any fool can wash himself, but every wise man knows that it is an unnecessary labour, for nature will quickly reduce him to a natural and healthy dirtiness again.

By having much, you are fitted to have more.

Chaos is the first condition. Order is the first law. Continuity is the first reflection. Quietude is the first happiness.

If men understood domestic economy half as well as women do, then their political economy and their entire consequent statecraft would not be the futil muddle which it is.

Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory.

Life runs to death as its goal, and we should go towards that next stage of experience either carelessly as to what must be, or with a good, honest curiosity as to what may be.

Quietness is the beginning of virtue. To be silent is to be beautiful. Stars do not make a noise.

The mysteries of death and birth occupy women far more than is the case with men, to whom political and mercantile speculations are more congenial.

To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.

To work is nothing; the king on his throne, the priest kneeling before the Holy Altar, all people in all places had to work, but no person at all need be a servant.

We are washed both on coming into the world and on going out of it, and we take no pleasure from the first washing nor any profit from the last.

We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.

Women are stronger than men - they do not die of wisdom.

Writers never feel comfortable having labels attached to them, however accurate they are.

Its all about training smart.

All birds are incipient or would-be songsters in the spring. I find corroborative evidence of this even in the crowing of the cock.

Change your attitude to “I’ll see it when I believe it ” - not the other way around.

The scariest part of letting someone go is not knowing if you will ever find a love that strong again. But whats even scarier is staying with them and knowing youre missing out on every other love you should have known.

Your time is the greatest gift you can give to someone.

Biohacking could literally change the world as we know it.

All mathematics is is a language that is well tuned, finely honed, to describe patterns; be it patterns in a star, which has five points that are regularly arranged, be it patterns in numbers like 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 that follow very regular progression.

I get to see life through rose-colored glasses a lot of the time.

Solidarity is an attitude of resistance, I suppose, or it should be.

Stand up comedy is this thing you get to do, so you have to treat it with respect. You can't just be like, 'Alright, I got my hour down, people are coming to see me now. Now, I'm going to lean on the mike stand.' No, you gotta work even harder now. You got to top what you already did. Because they'll find someone else.

No notes. You speak from deep in your heart. It's easy.

You won't see me in a better mood than 4:00 in the morning on my way to work.

It takes a lifetime of devotion to build your craft, your confidence, and the ability to sing and dance and act believably.

I'd been on 'SVU' before and I'd been on 'Criminal Intent,' but I wasn't a follower. Like, my mom watches every episode, even before I was on it.

But if somebody dies, if something happens to you, there is a normal process of depression, it is part of being human, and some people view it as a learning experience etc.

A great grandmothers heart is a patchwork of love.

Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa - and it's about getting a balance.

The state of Michigan going to Trump was an amazing thing. Of course the fake news media was shocked; they never considered that white working class residents of Michigan may not like being called evil racists clinging to guns and Bibles.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

There is no greater difference between men than between grateful and ungrateful people.

One of the most beautiful ways for spiritual formation to take place is to let your insecurity lead you closer to the Lord. Natural hypersensitivity can become an asset; it makes you aware of your need to be with people and it allows you to be more willing to look at their needs.