If a man looks sharply and attentively he shall see fortune for though she be blind yet she is not invisible.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

In a society where people are obsessed with personal space, dogs have come to serve as welcome, neo-human mediators of loneliness and solitude.

Analysts have always been overly optimistic.

Both to the rich and poor, wine is the happy antidote for sorrow.

I wish there were a healthier Republican Party in the state of Oregon.

Persistent calling upon the name of the Lord breaks through every stronghold of the devil, for nothing is impossible with God. For Christians in these troubled times there is simply no other way.

Nobility should be elective, not hereditary.

Inquiry is more important than answers, for it is the questions we ask and the way in which we ask them that defines us.

Religion is not 'doctrinal knowledge,' but wisdom born of personal experience.

When people say, "I know God forgives me, but I can't forgive myself," they mean that they have failed an idol, whose approval is more important than God's.

Suit the action to the word : the word to the action : with this special observance that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature.