Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.

The things that we love tell us what we are.

To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.

We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.

For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.

If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.

To love is to will the good of the other.

Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.

How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.

The dead are way more organized than the living.

Rest and peace should not be left until you're deceased. They are two vital life incredients everybody needs and seeks.

Good things are worth waiting for.

No republic has long outlived the discovery by a majority of its people that they could vote themselves largesse from the public treasury.

The more educated you get, the better shot you have to get it right, but if you're really trying something different, it's a challenge every time.

I threw about 16 punches in 3 seconds. It was some Bruce Lee speed!

Some ideas need to be continually reinvented and rediscovered, particularly an idea like the omnipotence of humans. It takes a long time to give up.

I can't even find the perfect brush so I can paint what's going through my mind. Racing 'gainst myself but I'm a couple steps behind.

The West exploited Africa and now it wants to save it. We have been living with this hypocrisy for too long. Africa can only be saved by Africans.

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.