Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

History is a voice forever sounding across the centuries the laws of right and wrong. Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.

I'm active in PAX, which is a gun awareness organization. We treat gun safety as a public health issue.

There are a lot of perks that come with fame, and with every positive there's a negative, and then it all kind of balances out.

When you lose your face..., it is like dropping your necklace down a well. The only way you can get it back is to fall in after it.

It can be the best of relationships and the worst of relationships - often at the same time. The bond between a mother and daughter is one of the strongest, but it's also among the most complicated.

Under the shadow of earthly disappointment, all unconscious to ourselves, our Divine Redeemer is walking by our side.

Lexicographers are language reporters.

There was this kind of mildly annoying mythology about conductor Like biker should riding a Harley-Davidson on an LP cover, and wearing a sort of a leather suit.

The idea comes before the logical argument.

Acting is a form of deception, and actors can mesmerize themselves almost as easily as an audience.

Passing through the fire of meditation, everything that is not your authentic reality, everything that is borrowed, will be burned away.