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'.

We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.

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

One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.