In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.

One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.

A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.

Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.

Are you driving this slow because you have no idea where we're going, or because you're hoping we jump out of the car & put ourselves out of our misery?

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

I think it's a part of being a citizen in a country, to know what is going on and to have a say in how they want their country being run. You know, that's a part of the privilege of democracy.

I heard that all the time. ‘He makes it look too easy, he doesn’t run hard.’ It was always a slight on me.

It is very important that we look at what we CAN do, rather than what is impossible to do.

The fear of God does not come naturally to human beings; it must be learned through Scripture, worship, and the hard knocks of experience.

All religions are the same. They all lead to God. God is everybody.

God is a shower to the heart burned up with grief; God is a sun to the face deluged with tears.

It is that deep spiritual affection that is as pure as it is perfect. It is beautiful, it is fine, it is the noblest form of affection. There is nothing unnatural about it.

I don't think you make a choice to be an artist. There was no decision for me. I've been expressing myself this way since I can remember.