Christ was vitoe magister, not scholoe; and he is the best Christian whose heart beats with the purest pulse towards heaven; not he whose head spinneth out the finest cobwebs.

Truth and love are two of the most powerful things in the world; and when they both go together they cannot easily be withstood.

Truth is the most unbending and uncompliable, the most necessary, firm, immutable, and adamantine thing in the world.

Things are sullen, and will be as they are, whatever we think them or wish them to be.

Sense is a line, the mind is a circle. Sense is like a line which is the flux of a point running out from itself, but intellect like a circle that keeps within itself.

Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within.

Now all the knowledge and wisdom that is in creatures, whether angels or men, is nothing else but a participation of that one eternal, immutable and increased wisdom of God.

Some who are far from atheists, may make themselves merry with that conceit of thousands of spirits dancing at once upon a needle's point.

The true knowledge or science which exists nowhere but in the mind itself, has no other entity at all besides intelligibility; and therefore whatsoever is clearly intelligible, is absolutely true.

True zeal is an ignis lambeus, a soft and gentle flame, that will not scorch one's hand.

The golden beams of truth and the silken cords of love, twisted together, will draw men on with a sweet violence, whether they will or not.

Someone who lives vicariously will never be truly happy because they're not happy with themselves.

[Internationa] Aid is just another praetorian business enterprise.

The history of medicine is a story of amazing foolishness and amazing intelligence.

Part of my job being a leader and captain of the team is not just to play well and lead well but find a way to make everybody around me better.

The idea that you will make the right decision every time is very unlikely.

It is not life and wealth and power that enslave men, but the cleaving to life and wealth and power.

When one's thoughts are neither frivolous nor flippant, when one's thoughts are neither stiff-necked nor stupid, but rather, are harmonious -- they habitually render physical calm and deep insight.

At a certain point, if you work really hard and you get good and people like your work, you do deserve the fame - but you shouldn't take it for granted.

No one would feel embarrassed about seeking help for a child if they broke their arm - and we really should be equally ready to support a child coping with emotional difficulties.

I want all the interested parties to come together and develop a solution that provides additional water and helps the lower Arkansas River communities thrive again.