God gave us the gift of life it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

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.

Manipulation, fueled with good intent, can be a blessing. But when used wickedly, it is the beginning of a magician's karmic calamity.

There is only one Human race but many nations with diverse tribes.

Our children cannot be assumed to follow in our footsteps, assuage our losses, or compensate for our inadequacies.

Belief compelled through fear is not belief, it is blind and forced obedience.

Do not offer help to those who do not want to help themselves.

Human Nature is the only science of man and yet has been hitherto the most neglected.

I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.

Those things are inextricable bound up in my mind, with words I make an image and vice versa.

Some members of Congress are among the best actors in the world.