If ... it is not in my power to arrive at the knowledge of any truth, I may at least do what is in my power, namely, suspend judgement.

We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe.

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.

De omnibus dubitandum

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

Conquer yourself rather than the world.

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

The chief cause of human errors is to be found in the prejudices picked up in childhood.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

The only thing we have power over in the universe is our own thoughts.

How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?

Teachers and nurses get the best seats in Heaven.

[The whole first year at university] was a great time for me and great time of awakening.

However many years she lived, Mary always felt that 'she should never forget that first morning when her garden began to grow'.

some bosses are so greedy (for themselves only) they forget underlings are not thirteenth-century peasants who can be satisfied with a glass of mead and three festivals a year.

The consequence of this is that I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both.

I do play drums when I'm on tour.

Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.

[Elbowing incident] was a joke but what I want to say now is that I'm a bit sad that everyone failed to see that.

I can't give up my own identity.

'Madea' is a Southern term. It's short for 'mother dear.' So there are a lot of Madeas out there.