Liberty of speech invites and provokes liberty to be used again, and so bringeth much to a man's knowledge.

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.

I want to hurt, so I can heal.I'm not unhappy.I'm just busy.I'm interested.And that's okay.

God knows how to turn your helplessness into strength

In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occa

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

I used to have a drug problem, but now I have enough money.

If you understand football you make substitutions during the game, if you don't you make comments after it.

Those who seek for something more than happiness in this world must not complain if happiness is not their portion.

Overall, white men run America. From nuclear armaments to the filth and jeopardy of New York City subways to the cruel mismanagement of health care, is there anything to boast about?

Like the children we will never ever cease to be.

To my ninth decade I have totter'd on, And no soft arm bends now my steps to steady; She, who once led me where she would, is gone, So when he calls me, Death shall find me ready.