Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another.

God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.

I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.

When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.

I like the libertarian view, which is to leave everyone alone. Even as a kid, I was annoyed by people who wanted to tell everyone how to live.

The best way to create a future is to set a goal and take action.

... if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was hurricane.

Nature's laws must be obeyed, and the period of decline begins, and goes on with accelerated rapidity.

The mine owners do not find the gold.

The failure to establish a new Status of Forces Agreement in Iraq, and the election-driven timetable for withdrawal, surrendered our gains in that country and led directly to the rise of ISIS.

If you are afraid of someone, you immediately give them an advantage and give them entry to your awareness field.

I think it's more difficult to live without a religion, definitely.

Whom the gods notice they destroy.

I sort of hate the novel when it doesn't push, restlessly, against the tradition and the traditional.