It is right that we should stand by and act on our principles; but not right to hold them in obstinate blindness, or retain them when proved to be erroneous.

Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature.

But still try, for who knows what is possible?

I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds.

Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach.

The book of nature which we have to read is written by the finger of God.

There’s nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right.

Since peace is alone the gift of God, and as it is He who gives it, why should we be afraid? His unspeakable gift in His beloved Son is the ground of no doubtful hope.

I have far more confidence in the one man who works mentally and bodily at a matter than in the six who merely talk about it.

I shall be with Christ, and that is enough.

... and what good is a baby?

Words are just words. The evidence is in how you act, how you react.

[I want to be remembered] as a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.

Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish groups. Everything else is commentary.

Rationalism, which is the feeling that everything is subject to and completely explicable by Reason, consequently rejects everything not visible and calculable.

Dance until the earth dance.

I like to have songs with me that have substance. That's missing from a lot of today's music. You might hear a song with a catchy beat, but what's it about? It's not empowering or helping anyone.

Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?

In the beginning, everything was even money.

In the end you regret less the things you believed that weren't true than the things that never came true because you didn't believe.

There is nothing in this world you cannot accomplish if you are willing to forfeit your deposit.