Drive Nature forth by force, she'll turn and rout The false refinements that would keep her out.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.

The great virtue of parents is a great dowry.

It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.

Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

Fear comes at me like a massive bull with lowered horns ready to gore. But I have learned of the insubstantial nature of fear: if I stand my ground, it will pass right through me.

The strongest bond in the universe is when two souls unite to become one.

Evolution on the large scale unfolds, like much of human history, as a succession of dynasties.

Being the evil undead wasn't fun anymore. For one thing, it was increasingly hard to get a library card.

How do I know that what I see as blue and what you see as blue are the same thing? Answer: We don't. We take it on faith.

I'm not always really calm, but I try not to get taken away by things that are incredibly transitory.

The freedom of speech and the freedom of press, it's just precious man, it really is.

Algebra is rich in structure but weak in meaning.

Traveling changed my personality and gave me ability to do the music I do and to think in a certain way that everything can be possible.

Our Father in Heaven needs you to be who you are. ... You are very important.