Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.

In all things rest is sweet; there is sur feit even in honey, even in Aphrodite s lovely flowers.

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection

Water is the best of all things.

Learn what you are and be such.

Words have a longer life than deeds.

O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.

Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

There is a mortal breed most full of futility. In contempt of what is at hand, they strain into the future, hunting impossibilities on the wings of ineffectual hopes.

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else.

I'll do humor about myself, I'll poke fun and everything, but that's me and I can do it to me. I think it's cruel to do it to somebody else.

The world itself looks cleaner and so much more beautiful. Maybe we can make it that way - the way God intended it to be - by giving everyone, eventually, that new perspective from out in space.

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.

I like to think that I've gotten better at what I do. I spend more time and pay more attention to detail album after album. But pretty much it's stayed the same.

All the preaching in the world cannot make a man see the truth so long as his eyes are blinded.

For me I'm actually doing what I normally do when I do my solo thing and the other thing is actually more new to me.

A hairy body, and arms stiff with bristles, give promise of a manly soul.

Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.

The more seriously we understand the radical nature of sin, the more it exercises a restraint upon us.

We must remain human, even in the most difficult times … Because, despite everything, there must always be humanity within us. We have to bring it to others.