Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Because if I am living an honest life, and my eyes are open, and I'm trying my hardest to be good and kind, then anything I'm doing is fine to tell people.

Most people do not let the Word of God get in the way of what they believe.

The arts can be a great way to bring people together. I don't preach from the stage. I try to stay positive on solutions.

You sleep on a win and you'll wake up with a loss.

Wouldst thou be famed? have those high acts in view, Brave men would act though scandal would ensue.

The recognition of God is the recognition of yourself.

Everyone if so warm, and the children know my from the children's books. Their oldest siblings or young parents know me from "Here Comes the Groom" or "Waterboy."

The first step in learning is the destruction of human conceit.

Thou hast brought the distant near and made a brother of the stranger.

Yes. I killed him. And buried her in flowers," I say. "And I sang her to sleep.