I have now a library of nearly nine hundred volumes, over seven hundred of which I wrote myself.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.

be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.

The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.

Do not ever fear your enemies, who attack you relentlessly, But do ever be afraid of the friends who flatter you habitually.[231] - 4 (Thoughts)

Assumptions made by others indicates clearly how much people envy your blessings.

For every setback, do not get discouraged. Rejoice because you learned more than you expected.

It's embarrassingly plain how inadequate language is.

The longer I live, the more I realize that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time!

We are trying to change the tones in the state capitals, and turn them toward bitter nastiness and partisanship.

Policies that support families aren't political issues. They're personal. They're the causes I carry with me every single day.

I never did anything with the early recordings I made, I felt they weren't worthy.

I almost wish that there would be something like a simultaneous telecast and all Americans would be forced, forced - at gun point no less - to listen to every David Barton message.

Philosophy is everybody's business.