Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence conservatism distrust of the people tempered by fear.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.

No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes.

Be inspired with the belief that life is a great and noble calling; not a mean and groveling thing that we are to shuffle through as we can, but an elevated and lofty destiny.

Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books - even without taking them from the shelves they seem to speak to you, to bid you welcome.

Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right.

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.

I have known ninety-five of the world's great men in my time, and of these eighty-seven were followers of the Bible.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

National injustice is the surest road to national downfall.

Close your eyes, and think of someone you physically admire, and let me kiss you.

You dump trash. You dump yard waste and old ripped couches that smell like body odor and forgetfulness. You dump cigarette butts and banana peels and hazardous waste. But people?

I am the spirit of the river that caught you when you were falling as leaf, you don't remember me, but I do.

To fish in troubled waters.

Man is a tool-using animal.

You know Beyoncé, man. She's very quiet about how she does things. She doesn't like to let everybody know what she's about to do.

Any industry loses its innovation and loses its access to creative juices if you don't have progressive thinking and diversity.

The only possible conclusion the social sciences can draw is: some do, some don't.

You don't learn to fly if you're not prepared to crash

Nothing's worse than saying goodbye. It's a little like dying.