Many a sober Christian would rather admit that a wafer is God than that God is a cruel and capricious tyrant.

And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Imam Hussain's sacrifice is for all groups and communities, an example of the path of rightousness.

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.

And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord. The superstition of the people was not embittered theological rancor.

Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies may point. The use of reading is to aid us in thinking.

In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.

Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave.

We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.

A true joy in life should be knowing that you have touched the heart of another human being

To sense which gifts to accept & which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom.

Everything that creates itself upon the backs of smaller scales will by those same scales be consumed.

As long as you're living right, then you don't have to worry about what people see.

By finding waste and abuse in entitlement programs, and eliminating it, we can ensure that the funds that are put into these programs go to the people that need them the most.

Boredom is the effort used in suppressing something negative.

Do any exercise you want as long as you're willing to do it. You see gym equipment on TV advertisements all the time, but guess what? It's only good if you actually use it.

The most powerful demonstration of leadership is not a clenched fist of brute force but an open hand of humble assistance.

The only just government is the government that serves its citizens, not itself.

I'm not a big splurger of money, but my guilty pleasures do lie within BMWs. I get roped in.