Virtue is an angel but she is a blind one and must ask of Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

I look upon Phrenology as the guide to philosophy and the handmaid of Christianity. Whoever disseminates true Phrenology is a public benefactor.

A house without books is like a room without windows.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.

One mistake does not have to rule a person's entire life.

A person may learn things all their life, but never gain knowledge of truth.

It’s easy to be a hero when your own survival is aligned with someone else’s, when your victory is a victory for your entire clan.

Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof.

All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.

I don't blame folks for not wanting to put me in their movies or whatever. I understand if their audiences had an association with me.

You have a right to be treated professionally at work, and it's your supervisor's job to make sure all their employees can perform their duties comfortably and safely.

To be the people of God without regeneration, is as impossible as to be the children of men without generation.

Greatness comes by beginning something that doesn't end with you.

Generally we waste our lives, distracted from our true selves, in endless activity. Meditation is the way to bring us back to ourselves, where we can really experience and taste our full being.