Man, as the minister and interpreter of nature, is limited in act and understanding by his observation of the order of nature; neither his understanding nor his power extends further.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

Don’t trust anybody else—no matter how close you are to them.” (Eric)

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition oft got without merit and lost without deserving.

Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear.

If you tame me, it would be as if the sun came to shine on my life.

As part of the coalition against ISIL, we are putting that terrorist network under tremendous pressure.

I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.

The worst kind of idiot is the one who doesn't think they're an idiot.

Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it's jazz, and if it doesn't, it isn't. It's no big deal.

Those who praise themselves do not prevail.

When one of us says 'look, there is nothing out there,' what we are really saying is, 'I cannot see'.