A man by tumbling his thoughts, and forming them into expressions, gives them a new fermentation, which works them into a finer body.

People's opinions of themselves are legible in their countenances.

As the language of the face is universal, so 'tis very comprehensive; no laconism can reach it: 'Tis the short hand of the mind, and crowds a great deal in a little room

Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.

Fortitude implies a firmness and strength of mind, that enables us to do and suffer as we ought. It rises upon an opposition, and, like a river, swells the higher for having its course stopped.

Passing too eagerly upon a provocation loses the guard and lays open the body; calmness and leisure and deliberation do the business much better.

Atheism is the result of ignorance and pride; of strong sense and feeble reasons; of good eating and ill-living. It is the plague of society, the corrupter of manners, and the underminer of property.

A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading.

Patient waiting is often the highest way of doing God's will.

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.

Envy, like a cold prison, benumbs and stupefies; and, conscious of its own impotence, folds its arms in despair.

The gospel is the gospel of the cross. This means that God loves the objects of his wrath and that he, in his love, embraces men alienated from him.

I want to be violated by insight.

When my wrestlers got their hands raised, I jumped for joy.

One could almost phrase the motto of our modern civilization thus: Science is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Masculine and feminine roles are not biologically fixed but socially constructed.

Great leadership is not the visit of an unexpected fate but rather a flame which is kept burning in spite of the winds of risk and opposition.

music is not technique and melody, but the meaning of life itself, infinitely sorrowful and unbearably beautiful.

For the Christian, every tragedy is ultimately a blessing, or God is a liar.

I told you I was ill. (On his headstone)

All boxing experts told Helenius is the next world champion! Chisora beat him.