They say I do not have the qualifications to be president, that I do not have education. Well, I would never divide the Liberian people.

All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.

If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice; therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.

Nothing is black or white.

In the increasingly convincing darkness the words become palpable, like a fruit that is too beautiful to eat.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.

You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families aren't dying. They're merging into big conglomerates.

That which costs little is less valued.

The mind that finds its way to wild places is the poet's; but the mind that never finds its way back is the lunatic's.

Before I speak, I have something important to say.

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone.

Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.

If you follow every dream, you might get lost.

You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.

Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.