Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.

The lie is a condition of life.

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.

There is no question climate change is happening. The only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.