The pettiness of a mind can be measured by the pettiness of its adoration or its blasphemy.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

It's sometimes funny to watch some people doing something the wrong way but doing it confidently. Even more funny, they succeeded.

...perhaps mankind must have a time of darkness so that we will one day again know what a blessing is the light.

Adversity gives you the opportunity to exhibit godly character.

And, long after Clark had gone home, Solomon stayed up wondering if everyone falls in love with someone who can't love them back.

I'm pro-life but I believe that the federal government ought to stay out of it. That's a decision that the people of each state ought to make for themselves.

We will never be great again.

But the general welfare must restrict and regulate the exertions of the individuals, as the individuals must derive a supply of their strength from social power.

There are plenty of towns in America where the 4-year-old has shot his 2-year-old sister by using daddy's gun.

It all begins with the initial tone coming from the cabinet, but EQ at the board is very important.