He who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge.

To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another.

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry gets the best of the argument.

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.

To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it.

All frauds, like the wall daubed with untempered mortar ... always tend to the decay of what they are devised to support.

Don't try to be the next J.K. Rowling. Just try to be the first you.

A Christian is God Almighty's gentleman.

My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to assimilate.

I changed my name from Gail to Gayle in seventh grade because I liked to make a loopy 'y.

In the unbending of the arm to do the deed there is experience worth all the maxims in the world.

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.

Absolutely, although every congregation will say, you know, every worship leader will say it's vital. It's very important, but again these are, you know, these are different cultural styles.

And like the old stereotype, I overcame my shyness by making my friends laugh.

The model of modern Western civilization is the virus: the pure bit of information, which turns its environment into endless reproductions of itself.

Are we willing to do for the truth what others are willing to do for a lie?