The only really interesting thing iswhat happens between two people in a room.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

We thank God for having created this world, and praise Him for having made another, quite different one, where the wrongs of this one are corrected.

By having the big lines of the composition going out of the canvas, your imagination can wander beyond the edge. It will make it seem part of a large composition.

I've been in things that have impressed people and they've come up to congratulate you but in a kind of, you-must-think-you're-really-special way.

A good organizer is a social arsonist who goes around setting people on fire.

It's easy to have faith when everything is going great. The real test of faith is when you're facing something that only your faith in God will get you through.

Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past.

In your pomp and all your glory, you're a poorer man than me.

You're strong—you're so, so strong. It's why I love you.

If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?