Doubts of all things earthly, and intuitions of some things heavenly; this combination makes neither believer nor infidel, but makes a man who regards them both with equal eye.

But for anything deeper, I am not certain whether to know the world and to know human nature be not two distinct branches of knowledge, which while they may coexist in the same heart, yet either may exist with little or nothing of the other.

Science! Curse thee, thou vain toy!

There are doubts, sir, which, if man have them, it is not man that can solve them.

By a curious coincidence, as each point was recalled, the black wizards of Ashantee would strike up with their hatchets, as in ominous comment on the white stranger's thoughts. Pressed by such enigmas and portents, it would have been almost against nature, had not, even into the least distrustful heart, some ugly misgivings obtruded.

I'd rather be killed by you than kept alive by any other man

The higher the intelligence, the more faith, and the less credulity; Gabriel rejects more than we, but out-believes us all.

That exasperating quality for which we have no name, which certainly is not accuracy, and which is quite the opposite of judgement, yet which catches the mind as brambles do our clothes.

As a young man, I had a strong faith in God. It dwindled and I pretty much abandoned it when I went to college. Basically, what I tell everybody is what took over my life was my pride.

Follow your own star!

You can have all the tools in the world but if you don't genuinely believe in yourself, it's useless.

What I've learned in these 11 years is you just got to stay focused and believe in yourself and trust your own ability and judgment.