One believes in the truthfulness of a man because of his long experience with the man, and because the man has always told a consistent story. But no man has told so consistent a story as nature.

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become president. I'm beginning to believe it.

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.

I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.

A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate

I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.

I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it.

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

Education is beautification of the inner world and the outer world.

Struggles test the strength of our faith.

Where there is love there is pain.

A role model can teach you to love and respect yourself.

Obedience . . . allows us to reach a higher and more spiritual level in life, using our agency to do the will of the Lord.

If God had granted all the silly prayers I've made in my life, where should I be now?

I stand by every mistake I've ever made, so judge away.

Great healers, people of divine realization, do not cure by chance but by exact knowledge.

How has podcasting changed things? A lot of people ask me if I feel I should be more famous.

We often experience more regret over the part we have left, than pleasure over the part we have preferred.