All frauds, like the wall daubed with untempered mortar ... always tend to the decay of what they are devised to support.

To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another.

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry gets the best of the argument.

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.

To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it.

A fanatic, either, religious or political, is the subject of strong delusions.

Sometimes... the first step to forgiveness is realizing that the other person... is batshit crazy.

I personally do not believe in politics, hatred, or anger in my musical composition.

The word must is not to be used to princes.

The Christian way is a life of faith. In order to hold on to the promises of God, you've got to believe them and live by them.

Compassion is fierce and strong, and it holds people accountable. But it doesn't do it with anger or judgment.

I believe - we all pay taxes. I'm happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That's going to bother you.

If a street has a spirit, no matter how narrow it is, we can breathe comfortably over there.

Careers are what they are, they don't make any sense at all when you look back. We're not in charge of them.

Sanctification costs to the extent of "an intense narrowing of all our interests on earth and an immense broadening of all our interests in God.

The way I was singing the songs was jazz