Freedom of belief is pernicious, it is nothing but the freedom to be wrong.

Flee idleness... for no one is more exposed to such temptations than he who has nothing to do.

There is no one who is without faults, and who is not in some way a burden to others, whether he is a superior or a subject, an old man or a young one, a scholar or a dunce.

To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin".

It is not difficult for one seal to make many impressions exactly alike, but to vary shapes almost infinitely, which is what God has done in creation, this is in truth a divine work.

God has implanted a natural tendency to the monarchial form of government not only in the hearts of men but in practically all things.

Political rule is so natural and necessary to the human race that it cannot be withdrawn without destroying nature itself; for the nature of man is such that he is a social animal.

Preparation time is necessary for your growth. Trust and believe everything you're going through is preparing you for some request you put out into the Universe.

Sometimes things happen in our lives that wake us up to the truth, about how short life is. It’s then we wonder why we spent so much wasted time looking too far into the future.

BOAT = Break Out Another Thousand

Heckling is an act of cowardice. If you want to speak, get up in front of the microphone and speak, don't sit in the dark hiding. It's easy to hide and shout and waste people's time.

I am going to keep radical Islamic terrorists the hell out of our country.

It's nice that all the composers have said that nobody interprets a lyric like Fred Astaire. But when it comes to selling records I was never worth anything particularly except as a collector's item.

Life is often like that, the best balancing on a knife edge with the worst.

America's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long.

We must plunge heart and soul and body into the work. And until we are ready to sacrifice everything else to one Idea and to one alone, we never, never will see the Light.

I don't feel comfortable defending my clothes. But if you've got the money to afford them, then buy something from me. Just don't buy too much.