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

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

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 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 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.

Passion is simply energy, and we all have energy within us which implies you already have all the passion you need within you.

Experience can dull. With most men experience is a series of mistakes; the more experience you have the less you know.

The foaminess of the Falls, together with the tinge of tawny yellow in the troubled waters, only reminded me of so much unattainable soda and sherry, and made me feel thirstier than ever.

My biggest ambition is to bring together what happens in the real world with what politicians talk about.

I love seeing Houston. Houston has a great style and energy.

It's good to go with your gut instincts in life. You just should. Even if it doesn't work out, something good will come out of it.

Our emotional life maps our incompleteness: A creature without any needs would never have reasons for fear, or grief, or hope, or anger.

I think that most manufacturing and mining should be under the purview of state authorities.

The plants are the pipeline into the Gaian intention. It's just not a coincidence that these plants carry this immense spiritual message. They are the pipeline of Gaian intentionality.

The Irish believed that gods, druids, poets, and others in touch with the magical world could be literal shape-shifters