Even if there are instances in which it can be mistook by onlookers, never fool yourself into using misunderstood genius as an excuse to be a fool.

The man who is most aggressive in teaching tolerance is the most intolerant of all: he wants a world full of people too timid and ashamed to really disagree with anything.

It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right.

If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place.

The weather is nature's disruptor of human plans and busybodies. Of all the things on earth, nature's disruption is what we know we can depend on, as it is essentially uncontrolled by men.

There's no need to curse God if you're an ugly duckling. He chooses those strong enough to endure it so that they can guide others who've felt the same.

One who enjoys finding errors will then start creating errors to find.

God gives His deepest discernment and sharpest marksmanship to men who aim to expose His truth before an enemy's lies.

The best ideas will eat at you for days, maybe even weeks, until something, some incident, some impulse, triggers you to finally express them.

Your love is as stable as you are: It's not about how good a person makes you feel, but rather what good you can do for them.

I think a lot of psychopaths are just geniuses who drove so fast that they lost control.

But even as she was going through with it she knew it was useless, just as it was useless to save a single earring when the other half of the pair was lost

Memory is like a curse. We fall into eternity, and memory is a weight that keeps pulling us to where we can never go back to.

happy is the nation without a history

Wherever I go, whomever I meet, I see myself in their eyes, because I am a part of everything, because I love.

He who possesseth little is so much the less possessed. Blessed be moderate poverty!

The glass of your life is darkened, and darkly through it you see distorted and ghastly fragments of duty and destiny.

It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem.

Live by faith, not by sight.

Now, if I even say the wrong thing I make the news.

My old man is a man of few words.