It is not that which is beautiful that pleases us, but that which pleases is is called beautiful.

The first printed mention of bagels... is to be found in the Community Regulations of Kracow, Poland, for the year 1610 which stated that bagels would be given as a gift to any woman in childbirth.

We see things as we are, not as they are.

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

What's green, hangs on a wall and whistles? [A Herring]

Money can't buy happiness, but neither can poverty.

The purpose of life is to matter, to be productive, to have it make a difference that you lived at all-using the talents that God has given you for the betterment of others.

The purpose of life is not to be happy, the purpose of life is to matter.

I sometimes think there is a dimension beyond the four of experience and Einstein: insight, that fifth dimension which promises to liberate us from bondage to the long, imperfect past

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

If at first you don't succeed, before you try again, stop to figure out what you did wrong.

Ahh the 90's I hated ye when I was in it, but I love it now that it's gone...

Nothing is pure and entire of a piece. All advantages are attended with disadvantages. A universal compensation prevails in all conditions of being and existence.

I've had a lot of experience building things, organizing things, a national scholarship program.

A sign in the yard of a church next door said CHRIST IS THE ANSWER. (The question, of course, is: What do you say when you strike your thumb with a hammer?)

Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.

Who said I was wise? I’m a professional bad example. You can learn a lot by watching me. Or listening to me. Either one.

A dream dirty and bruised is better than no dream at all.

Be commonplace and creeping and you'll be a success.

Water is the best of all things.

Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.