History is the only laboratory we have in which to test the consequences of thought.

Let us ... quietly accept our times, with the firm conviction that just as much good can be done today as at any time in the past, provided only that we have the will and the way to do it.

To minds tormented by the divine thirst, it is useless to offer the most certain knowledge of the laws of numbers and the arrangement of the universe

Philosophy always buries its undertakers.

Radiance belongs to being considered precisely as beautiful: it is, in being, that which catches the eye, or the ear, or the mind, and makes us want to perceive it again

Faith comes to intelligence as a light that overflows it with joy and inspires it with a certitude that does away with question.

The world to him no longer seemed a math equation but rather a complex piece of art, a masterpiece of things not easily understood.

The mind can fool the heart, as the heart can fool the mind.

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.

The key for us, number one, has always been hiring very smart people.

I always carried a small American flag red white and blue with me so people would know I was from America.

I cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin 'em and I just beat 'em every time I can. I want to make 'em sharp.

I think what's wrong with the fashion world, particularly men's fashion, is the lack of creativity behind it.

What's a word, a talisman, to hold against the world?

It's so hard to keep everything balanced in life.

A stable Iraq at peace with its neighbors will remain elusive until we improve both the security and the economic environment in Iraq.