Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

I spend most of my free time under the house.

Music has just as much to do with movement and body as it does soul and intellect.

If you can't convince them [with your logic] then just confound them [with your wit.]

If you think one thing is sacred but you cannot stand the other, if you love the Creator but hate the creation, that is vulgarity.

Inside that book, it's my life-all the places where I'm hurting or I laughed or I cried or I prayed. And I've had to pray a lot!

Beautiful mind, tortured soul. I do have to figure out why I am attracted to these broken birds.

When I see a train, I want to take it in my arms.

There have always been people during periods of history that thought that we could get along with the enemy if only we would reach out. Peace in our time is a philosophy.

There is no sense to a sacrifice after you come to feel that it is a sacrifice.

We tend to focus on assets and forget about debts. Financial security requires facing up to the big picture: assets minus debts.