Washington's task was to transform the improbable into the inevitable.

[quoting someone else] the American constitution is a document designed by geniuses to be eventually interpreted by idiots

Lincoln once said that America was founded on a proposition that was written by Jefferson in 1776. We are really founded on an argument about what that proposition means.

Remember sometimes just the rush of having a crush is a temptation, even if it is inappropriate, but beware of playing with fire, you will get burned.

Even in the best of lives, mistakes are made.

Chronology, so the saying goes, is the last refuge of the feeble-minded and the only resort for historians.

Because he could not afford to fail, he could not afford to trust.

And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.

Men make history, but they can never know the history they are making.

Some models of self-control are able to achieve their serenity easily because the soul fires never burn brightly to begin with.

I would say readers can trust my work more than anyone else's.

Only meditation on God's word is capable of changing our way of thinking.

They’d stolen his life.And rebirthed him as a monster.

The union of the mind and intuition which brings about illumination, and the development which the Sufis seek, is based upon love.

Politicians like Prime Minister David Cameron have lost all sense of reality. The people have seen how billions were spent on Greece and Turkey, on deals with Erdogan or for asylum seekers.

I'm just saying, tonight, if you're going through a breakup and you're drinking, don't call. Just don't do it. Don't call. Because here's the thing: booze has information in it!

There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by.

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.

Saying ‘No’ does not always show a lack of generosity and that saying ‘Yes’ is not always a virtue

You can have anything in life you really want - but you can't have everything in life you really want. Decide.

I believe in God, Mozart, and Beethoven.