A bowl rotates faster at the top than at the bottom.

Anyone who wants to be a leader must be the servant, not the boss, of those he wants to serve.

The road to freedom is full of thorns and fire, yet happy is he who follows it!

The system doesn't have to be pure, but it does have to work.

He who allows himself to be arrested for a crime he did not commit will be expelled from the party, but if he resists and comes to us on a stretcher, he is a hero.

I am more interested in the purpose of government than its mechanics-though the means should at least be good enough to lead to the ends desired.

One must scratch that part of the body or mind that itches.

One can't realize difficulty arriving at a momentous decision until one comes to do so.

You will find the limit of strength with every new situation.

Change anything about your life that cannot be accepted. Accept everything about your life that cannot be changed and move on with your big dreams!

There is no greater evil than killing. I don't care whether they call it war or justice. Life is precious.

You will never be able to do anything of true value without Christ. Apart from Him all things are meaningless.

Theatre should be a taxing experience: the greatest achievement of a writer is to produce a character who creates anxiety.

MAY it please your Honors: I was desired by one of the court to look into the books, and consider the question now before them concerning Writs of Assistance.

Here is a pretty good rule of thumb for Democratic Presidents: if it didn't work for Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won four terms and a World War, it probably won't work for you either.

Don't eat anything your great-great grandmother wouldn't recognize as food. There are a great many food-like items in the supermarket your ancestors wouldn't recognize as food.. stay away from these

I get painted quite a bit as a tragic figure because of some of the stuff that's happened in my life.

Nothing beats reason for keeping tigers away. But be excessively reasonable and you risk throwing out the universe with the bathwater.