A lie faces God and shrinks from man.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

A man always has two reasons for what he does--a good one, and the real one.

The biggest mistake you can make is listening to people who've given up on their dreams telling you to give up on yours.

People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.

In the very depths of Hell, do not demons love one another?

The offender, who repents, is not yet lost.

Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill.

The principle trap that the devil sets for young people is idleness.

I'm interested in the gorgeous side of life, but also familiar with the dark side too.

Marriage is about compromise; it's about doing something for the other person, even when you don't want to.

Frank Zappa was one of the gods of the Czech underground, I thought of him as a friend. Whenever I feel like escaping from the world of the Presidency, I think of him.