I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.

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.

Then when I saw Pain attack Hinata, I was so mad, so full of rage, I let the Nine-Tails take over without even thinking about it.

This is all. It's been very rare to have known you, very strange and wonderful. But this wouldn't do - and wouldn't last.

One effect of an individualistic culture that's poor at instilling mutual respect is that people jump more quickly to anger or violence.

If we are to put the past on trial, where do we stop?

Only useless things are indispensable.

I have always preferred the reflection of the life to life itself.

The more we want certain situations, the more we find ourself stuck in situations we do not want.

The bottom line is that it's better to run a workforce on security than insecurity.

The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.

Into the the air, into the earth, into the fire, I am with you.