A man who believes that he eats his God we do not call mad; yet, a man who says he is Jesus Christ, we call mad.

Truth is a torch which gleams in the fog but does not dispel it.

No nation has reason to regard itself superior to others by virtue of its innate endowment.

To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves: such a prohibition ought to fill them with disdain.

Education made us what we are.

The degree of genius necessary to please us is pretty nearly the same proportion that we ourselves have.

Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil.

Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it.

Genius is nothing but continued attention.

Virtue has many preachers, but few martyrs.

Pleasure and pain are the only springs of action in man, and always will be.

Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.

My uncle always said that it was the sword in a man's hand that determined his worth, not the one between his legs.

What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence, the question is what you can make people believe that you have done.

A certain alloy of expediency improves the gold of morality and makes it wear all the longer.

Fear is like the wilderland - Stepping stones or sinking sand

I've danced all over the world, and people are people. We cannot cut off from each other in life. In order to lead, you can't do that.

See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world.

All attempts to adapt our ethical code to our situation in the technological age have failed.

What is an entrepreneur? Someone who jumps off a cliff and builds a plane on the way down.

Music is a form of prayer.