Instead of criticizing Masonry, let us than God for one alter where no man is asked to surrender his liberty of thought and become an indistinguishable atom on a mass of sectarian agglomeration.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

We cannot tell what may happen to us in the strange medley of life. But we can decide what happens in us - how we can take it, what we do with it - and that is what really counts in the end.

More than an institution, more than a tradition, more than a society, Masonry is one of the forms of Divine life upon earth.

Belief is truth held in the mind; faith is a fire in the heart.

Not what we have, but what we use, not what we see, but what we choose, these are the things that mar or bless the sum of human happiness.

Love is lost in immensities; it comes in simple, gentle ways.

An egotist is not a man who thinks too much of himself; he is a man who thinks too little of other people.

A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last.

So many of us know what we are against, but not what we are for-what we disbelieve, not what we believe. A negative life easily becomes neutral and futile.

Every man has a train of thought on which he rides when he is alone.

A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.

The air will always be to filled with something. Your body too sore or tired. Your father too drunk. Your wife too cold. You will always have some excuse not to live your life.

All was taken away from you: white dresses, wings, even existence.

Youth covets; let not this covetousness seduce you.

When I started covering The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in a rock 'n' roll band, it helped me realize that my natural voice is actually really high. It helped me find my voice.

The war of good and evil is mightiest in mightiest souls, and even in the darkest time the heart will maintain its right against the hardest creed.

I think that everything should be a stepping stone for something bigger and better and if there is something bigger then why not go on after it?

Should I call the FBI and tell them I found DB Cooper?

Some men become what they were born for.

Jackson Pollock said once, "I don't really feel that many people in this world are alive." He said, "That's why I like you, Tom. You're alive."