Love of truth will bless the lover all his days; yet when he brings her home, his fair-faced bride, she comes empty-handed to his door, herself her only dower.

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.

Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am.".

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.

A happy wedlock is a long falling in love.

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience, your heart and your soul. So only can you be true to God.

Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day.

It's your life. What are you going to do about it?

On stage I make love to twenty-five thousand people then I go home alone.

Many a man that couldn't direct ye to th' drug store on th' corner when he was thirty will get a respectful hearin' when age has further impaired his mind.

God will never let you sink under your circumstances. He always provides a safety net and His love always encircles.

Nobody knows really what they're doing and there's two ways to go with that information. One is to be afraid and the other is to be liberated, and I choose to be liberated by it.

No music is vulgar, unless it is played in a way that makes it so.

I've been lucky enough to primarily work for myself over the years.

You roll back the stones, and you find slithering things. That is the world of Richard Nixon.

[On daughter Liza Minnelli] I think she decided to go into show business when she was an embryo, she kicked so much.

As a teenager I was clinically depressed. Although I had lots of friends, I found those years very difficult.