It is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

We didn't feel so good when we took our son to college and saw a sign on the liquor store - Back to School Sale.

Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.

It is unpleasant to miss even the most trifling thing to which we have been accustomed.

Psychoanalysts are father confessors who like to listen to the sins of the father as well.

Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow.

I honestly have no idea what's going on anymore. I just need to find something I can hit. (Shaun Mason)

The people who were honored in the Bible were the false prophets. It was the ones we call the prophets who were jailed and driven into the desert.

You must be careful how you walk and where you go, for there are those following you who will set their feet where yours are set.

Most of the locks and dams on the upper Mississippi River system are over 60 years old and many are in serious need of repair and rehabilitation.

We never change, we never die, and we are never born.