The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.

When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't, they don't.

Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.

The greatest medicine is a true friend.

It is sometimes said that conduct is supremely important and worship helps it. The truth is that worship is supremely important and conduct tests it

True worship is when a person, through their person, attains intimacy and friendship with God.

If your prayer is selfish, the answer will be something that will rebuke your selfishness. You may not recognize it as having come at all, but it is sure to be there.

A man's wisdom is his best friend; folly, his worst enemy.

He who has never imitated anyone is known as one with intelligence.

Constant questioning produces a status quo of change.

There are days I long to disappear in the wild, go back to the predator life I was meant to have. Kill the prey or be killed: it’s in my genes.A chimera, that's what I am. And this is my story.

Imagination is vital to precautionary judgement.

There's something about moonlight on the body and things happening sort of free and open. Outdoors is something I'm totally game and down for.

Any nation that allows the government to dominate its monetary and economic policies will ultimately suffer grave consequences.

I . . . am always half afraid of finding a clever novel too clever--& of finding my own story & my own people all forestalled.

Bold prayers honor God, and God honors bold prayers.

If it come to prohibiting, there is aught more likely to be prohibited than truth itself.

Calling a trans person by their former name is referred to as "deadnaming" and is considered highly offensive to most trans people I know.