The City that knows how.

The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.

The true Mason always carries his working tools everywhere.

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

Too many people don't care what happens so long as it doesn't happen to them.

Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.

We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.

The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.

We can't have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.

Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

The Church says that the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow of the earth on the moon and I have more faith in the Shadow than in the Church.

I was my own boss, but that all changed the day I got married.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

The entire value of a person is subjective to your relationship with them.

Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.

love is ... something extraordinary that happens to ordinary people.

I think we need to get back to truth-based news. It won't be easy, but we better do it because otherwise we're not acting on information.

If you don't have to write songs, why write them? I've got enough where I don't really feel the urge to write anything additional.

They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice.

I don’t understand how people can believe in God, even when I myself think of him everyday.