Life is too short to read inferior books.

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity.

The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.

The national park is the best idea America ever had.

Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its own existence.

Communication is the key to education, understanding and peace.

Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know the things he thinks he knows.

Individualism, the love of enterprise, and the pride in personal freedom, have been deemed by Americans not only as their choicest, but their peculiar and exclusive possessions.

To most people, nothing is more troublesome than the effort of thinking.

A political career brings out the basest qualities in human nature.

Every time we face tests and trials, God is instigating us to action

Lonely trees are not lonely

It's a a damn good day to be alive.

I have to forget in order to find peace in my soul and be able to forgive.

Young black men are considered dangerous, expendable, threatening and part of a culture of criminality.

We are asking a really fundamental question whether thought can ever be creative. If thought is not the ground of creation then what is creation? Is love the only factor that is creative?

If you think you know where you're going to be 10 years from now, that's where you're at now. You're just putting it off.

Don't close the book when bad things happen in your life! Just turn the page and start a new chapter!

I think I could sing and shear a few sheep at the same time.

Nobody is bound by any obligation unless it has first been freely accepted.