Inquiry is human; blind obedience brutal. Truth never loses by the one but often suffers by the other.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

There is wisdom in knowing your limits and then daring to push past them. Choose to live an exceptional life.

Having haters is just a part of the business, and the more haters you have, the more people like you - that's how I view it, because I try to see the positive in things.

What kind of influence do you want to have? What kind of effect do you want to have on other people? Never mistake the power of influence.

And I think that's a singer's job. You know, to really interpret a lyric. There's an art to it, and I think some people are really great at it, like Tammy Wynette and George Jones and Tony Bennett.

Was parenting ever going to get easier? Did you ever reach a point where you could stop worrying?

God reserves the right to use people who disagree with me.

Sport is my passion but I have a way to go.

Had Twitter been invented earlier, my books would have been shorter.

Irrefragability, thy name is mathematics.

History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days.