Of God Himself can no man think. And therefore I would leave all that thing that I can think, and choose to my love that thing that I cannot think.

It is a common law of nature, which no time will ever change, that superiors shall rule their inferiors.

That meek darkness be thy mirror, and thy whole remembrance.

Governments are not overthrown by the poor, who have no power, but by the rich-when they are insulted by their inferiors and cannot obtain justice.

Short prayer pierceth heaven.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

Now is the time to recall the enthusiasm of our first fervor, the determination to offer ourselves unreservedly, and at the same time to let go of the craving for emotional consolation,

You own your feelings. You own your thoughts. You control both. No one has the right to any of it—to any of you without your permission.

Decorating is not about making stage sets, it's not about making pretty pictures for the magazines, it's really about creating a quality of life, a beauty that nourishes the soul.

Once Donald Trump takes the oath of office as president of the United States, the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution makes it clear that he cannot accept those favors.

If you have no intuitive sense of design, then call yourself an "information architect" and only use Helvetica.

In Lake Wobegon, we don't forget mistakes.

No individual rain drop ever considers itself responsible for the flood.

The art of drawing is the art of omission.

Belief in yourself is what happens when you know you've done the thing things that entitle you to success.

I don’t know what’s ahead,” I say. “I don’t know nothing about nothing but whatever it is, it’s gotta be better than what’s behind. It’s gotta be.