Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more
I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.
Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.
Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.
Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.
Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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'.
The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.