The physician, to the extent he is a physician, considers only the good of the patient in what he prescribes, and his own not at all

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire emotion and knowledge.

Science is nothing but perception.

Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

Life is the greatest of all mysteries, and though I seek to solve its many riddles, my deepest fear is that I will succeed.

And there was no way to unsay words you'd blurted out, no matter how sorry you were.

Do you know your Bible?''Uh, not very well.''It merits study, it contains very practical advice for most emergencies.

All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect.

Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.

...I want my spirituality to rid me of hate, not give me reason for it.

It's nice when somebody tells you about their uncle. Especially when they start out telling you about their father's farm and then all of a sudden get more interested in their uncle.

And apologies, once postponed, become harder and harder to make, and finally impossible.

If you go to the gym and you come home and look into the mirror, you'll see nothing. If you go the next day and you come home, you will see nothing. In fact sometimes you're in pain.

The rocks, to a great extent, look swept clean. It's a much cleaner surface than what we had a right to hope for.