Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.

Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.

Learn to give, whether you have plenty or little, whether you are happy or in pain.

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens.

In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it.

Genius is sorrow's child.

If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can be named. If you can't name it, it means you don't recognize it.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.

I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind.