To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.

When Adam ate the irrevocable apple, ThouSaw'st beyond death the resurrection of the dead

To Enjoy Satisfaction Of Purpose Is To Submit To Eternal Principles Of The Kingdom Of God

There is competition. It's almost like I'm back in tennis competing in a way. There are usually about twenty composers vying for the number one spot for a big or medium film.

If those kids had been carrying guns they would have gunned down this one gunman... Don't pray. Learn to use guns.

Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.

I have a husband and children, and it affects me deeply that somebody could be taken away in a second.

True preaching is the sweating of blood.

We will never have more affection or passion for God than we understand He has for us. We will never be more committed to God than our understanding of His commitment to us.

If you let someone know you appreciate him or her, especially when you're going to disagree, it gets that person's defenses down.