I am glad to be going. This is the lonesomest pace in the world?

The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.

The true Mason always carries his working tools everywhere.

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

Too many people don't care what happens so long as it doesn't happen to them.

Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.

We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.

The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.

We can't have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.

Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

That nagging state of constant thought that exists somewhere between the ears and behind the eyes is the self.

But an attentive researcher--like you--might be able to see something that all the experts can't see. If she asks the right questions.

The dark realization came to him that a difficult and miserable age had begun for him, and he couldn't imagine when it would end. [Puberty]

I have become that mother I used to dread.

The secret of success is to understand the viewpoint of others.

When I make records I have full control of everything and I know how it sounds before it comes out, with films it's outta my hands.

Fang! Angel?" i yelled, not even trying for stealth. i was storming the castle, not stealing the jewels.

Does the presence of pain mean the absence of God? I try to help people see that God uses pain, that pain is one of the ways God shapes us into the kind of beings He wants us to be for eternity.

I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan.

Engineering is easy - it's the people problems that are hard.