Covetous ambition, thinking all too little which presently it hath, supposeth itself to stand in need of that which it hath not.

Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds.

But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.

If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee, and be thy love.

But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning.

The most divine light only shineth on those minds which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanliness.

But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and full of protestations; for a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend.

[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power.

So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth.

It is not truth, but opinion that can travel the world without a passport.

Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.

We were of thirteen minds, like a tree, in which there is one Red-tail and eleven squirrel parts.

I guess they're called moments because they don't last very long.

Time and place often give advantage to the weak over the strong.

When you're challenged, you're totally alive and totally dealing with reality, particularly if it could be dangerous. And that excites me!

To ask the right question is already half the solution of a problem.

As an outside; don't worry about failure, because failure will take care of itself. Focus on success.

Laws always lose in energy what the government gains in extent.

Things are never so bad that they can't get worse. But they're sometimes so bad they can't get better.

Over the years I realized the damage fundamentalism did to my own spiritual and mental health. I've spend time recovering, studying scripture, sessions with a therapist, twelve step recovery.

My first words, as I was being born [...] I looked up at my mother and said, 'that's the last time I'm going up one of those.