To love the public, to study universal good, and to promote the interest of the whole world, as far as lies within our power, is the height of goodness, and makes that temper which we call divine.

True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.

It is the hardest thing in the world to be a good thinker without being a good self examiner.

The greatest of fools is he who imposes on himself, and in his greatest concern thinks certainly he knows that which he has least studied, and of which he is most profoundly ignorant.

Men of sense are really all of one religion. But men of sense never tell what it is.

Nothing is more ridiculous than ridicule.

I would be virtuous for my own sake, though nobody were to know it; as I would be clean for my own sake, though nobody were to see me.

Remember that there is nothing in God but what is godlike; and that He is either not at all, or truly and perfectly good.

Gravity is of the very essence of imposture; it does not only mistake other things, but is apt perpetually almost to mistake itself.

It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor.

The face of Truth is not less fair and beautiful for all the counterfeit visors which have been put upon her.

Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.

Nowadays, the truth is, I think a lot of the newer generation of action stars usually are pretty self-deprecating and cool. I mean, Dwayne Johnson is a great example.

I am so romantic about Gypsies. They're not allowed to do anything until they get married. So they all get married really young, at sixteen.

People forget that many of the aspects of the Selma campaign were laid out in response to the church bombing in Birmingham.

Public housing is more than just a place to live, public housing programs should provide opportunities to residents and their families.

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

This world is changing enormously. In any position in a company you need to work very hard on learning new skills every day, but you also need to unlearn some of the old skills from the past.

If there's any possibility for enlightenment, it's right now, not at some future time. Now is the time.

I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that.

If music became extinct now, I dont know what Id be good for.