Antiquity is full of the praises of another antiquity still more remote.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

Are you always a smartass?'Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep.

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.

There's no longevity, living off of negativity.

The atheist has no hope.

And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.

The person and society are yoked, like mind and body. Arguing which is more important is like debating whether oxygen or hydrogen is the more essential property of water.

You don't need great skill to be a tough rebounder; being a rebounder is all about effort, determination, and physicality

We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be.

I eat once a day if I remember, and I try never to go to sleep.

My mind started wandering. I started playing carefully, instead of playing the way that had gotten me to that point. I had to force myself to keep driving the ball.