I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright. It is not indifferent to us which way we walk. There is a right way; but we are very liable from heedlessness and stupidity to take the wrong one. We would fain take that walk, never yet taken by us through this actual world, which is perfectly symbolical of the path which we love to travel in the interior and ideal world; and sometimes, no doubt, we find it difficult to choose our direction, because it does not yet exist distinctly in our idea.

There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes the true, where he is free to do what he ought.

Charles Kingsley

The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.

Publilius Syrus

I see 30 to 40 gallery shows a week, and no matter what kind of mood I'm in, no matter how bad the art is, I almost always feel better afterward. I can learn as much from bad art as from good.

Jerry Saltz

The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.

Mahatma Gandhi

I'm not strictly vegetarian, but meat doesn't play a big part in my diet.

Katie Holmes

Every time I go and shave, I assume there's someone else on the planet shaving. So I say, 'I'm gonna go shave, too.'

Mitch Hedberg

Science is a self-sufficient activity.

Jonathan Miller

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.

Victor Hugo

I believe discrimination still exists in society and we must fight it in every form.

Andrew Cuomo

We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs.

Bashar al-Assad

I believe in the compelling power of love. I do not understand it. I believe it to be the most fragrant blossom of all this thorny existence.

Theodore Dreiser

It so happens that at times your desires tend to disagree with the reality and this is due to the fact that you have not let the two elements complement each other.

Stephen Richards