Let the greatest part of the news thou hearest be the least part of what thou believest, lest the greater part of what thou believest be the least part of what is true.

The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.

Reason can discover things only near,--sees nothing that's above her.

Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself.

If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body; praying exercises the soul; fasting cleanses both.

Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

O lust, thou infernal fire, whose fuel is gluttony; whose flame is pride, whose sparkles are wanton words; whose smoke is infamy; whose ashes are uncleanness; whose end is hell.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.

Mercy turns her back to the unmerciful.

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.

There is nothing to fearFrom your reflection

If you don’t want to just live an ordinary life, then you will have to be intentional about converting all your time into that which you have been called to do.

There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another.

And it's not only films, I'm pretty unaware of anything that's going on in popular culture right now.

The real test of business greatness is in giving opportunity to others.

One of the most significant design principles is to omit the unimportant in order to emphasize the important.

We want to push mankind's boundaries out a little further.

As we interpret ourselves differently, we also live ourselves differently.

A big hole in a poor child's shoe is the simplest evidence to condemn the society he lives in.