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

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.

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.

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

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

Horses make a landscape look beautiful.

By constant practices, deliberate repetitions and uninterrupted exercises, leaders go from zero to hero. They don't quit.

Oh, one more thing, ' Thor calls out. 'If I know my prophecy, and I do, you beautiful ladies had best start looking for a boat!

No one can give you the strength of character necessary... Only you can find that passion within that burns with an integrity that will not settle for anything less than the Truth.

Progress requires change.

I started when I was about 11, singing.

The question arises whether all lawyers are the same. This is like asking whether everything that gets into a sewer is garbage.

I have to admit it: I'm not a huge fan of the cloud computing concept.

My vintage Levi's are my favorite on the show, 'cause they really fit.

To be free from ignorance you need knowledge. The mind should turn inward. Silence takes the mind inward and helps you to recognize who you are.