It is difficult to live in the present, pointless to live in the future and impossible to live in the past.

Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve.

No matter how much we ask after the truth, self-awareness is often unpleasant. We do not feel kindly toward the Truthsayer.

This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.

Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves.

The truth always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it.

Dangers lurk in all systems. Systems incorporate the unexamined beliefs of their creators. Adopt a system, accept its beliefs, and you help strengthen the resistance to change

I never thought it would be easy to serve God, " she said. "I just didn't think it would be this hard.

We had something few experience. We were joined in our strengths rather than in our weaknesses.

Only fools prefer the past!

It has occurred to me more than once that holy boredom is good and sufficient reason for the invention of free will.

People are pushing against the fabric of society all the time.

Is it impossible to imagine Americans sneaking into Mexico en masse, seeking regular employment and a better way of life?

I'm constantly searching for ways to do better because I believe life is an evolution. It's not about reaching an end goal and hanging up your hat...It's about continually growing.

If you get up by 6am, exercise, plan your day, and start on your biggest task, then your whole day is different. If you do this regularly it becomes a habit.

...Hell, which as every frequent traveler knows, is in Concourse D of O'Hare Airport.

I have yet to see one of those Comedy Central shows with multiple standup comics that doesn't include someone the size of the Hindenburg.

Whether weapons exist in Iraq, Saddam Hussein or post-Saddam Hussein, it is a serious enough issue that require that we continue to go and make sure that Iraq does not have weapons.

If a society does not wage a common struggle to attain a common goal with its women and men, scientifically there is no way for it to become civilized or developed.

Make your top managers rich and they will make you rich.

I needed my mistakes in their order to get me here