The historicity of Christ is as axiomatic for an unbiased historian as the historicity of Julius Caesar.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

Wherever they may have come from, and wherever they may have gone, unicorns live inside the true believer's heart. Which means as long as we can dream, there will be unicorns.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

The American Constitution was not written to protect criminals; it was written to protect the government from becoming criminals.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

In order to know virtue, we must acquaint ourselves with vice. Only then can we know the true measure of a man.

Your life is your journey. You have to enjoy it because no one can feel or see it for you.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.

There is no shame in not knowing something. The shame is in not being willing to learn.

Lindy Hoppers never die - they just swing out.

If you are an intelligent human being then you are interested in climate change because it's the most important issue of our time.

Show me where you spend your time, money and energy and I'll tell you what you worship.

Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.

Being alive and being a woman is all I got, but being colored is a metaphysical dilemma I haven't conquered yet.

The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after.