Chance is the nature of our universe. […] madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable.

Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve.

No matter how much we ask after the truth, self-awareness is often unpleasant. We do not feel kindly toward the Truthsayer.

This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.

Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves.

The truth always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it.

Dangers lurk in all systems. Systems incorporate the unexamined beliefs of their creators. Adopt a system, accept its beliefs, and you help strengthen the resistance to change

I never thought it would be easy to serve God, " she said. "I just didn't think it would be this hard.

We had something few experience. We were joined in our strengths rather than in our weaknesses.

It is difficult to live in the present, pointless to live in the future and impossible to live in the past.

Only fools prefer the past!

You have been the pillowI lay my weary soul upon

Real dishes break. That's how you know they're real.

Judge tenderly, if you must. There is usually a side you have not heard, a story you know nothing about, and a battle waged that you are not having to fight.

Are you threatening to kidnap me?" "If you want to look at it that way," Jace said, "yes.

It takes time to get the whole package. Freshmen can't be seniors.

Art and love survive war, revolution and death. Things continue. What we put into the earth while we are alive continues beyond us.

The time has come for honest men to denounce false teachers and attack false gods.

He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.

With every year, I always try and learn something new and grow gracefully, and that's just kind of my rule for every year.

Gratitude is the most important attitude.