Patterning your life around other's opinions is nothing more than slavery.

True repentance means making amends with the person when at all possible.

Age is no guarantee of maturity.

Outings are so much more fun when we can savor them through the children's eyes.

The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them.

Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.

It isn't kind to cultivate a friendship just so one will have an audience.

I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.

Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.

For all their strength, men were sometimes like little children.

If there was strife and contention in the home, very little else in life could compensate for it.

No one is depressed when they're being chased by a bear.

Botswana is actually very peaceful. It's democratic. It never was in debt. They've been fortunate, they've had diamonds.

Man is the metre of all things, the hand is the instrument of instruments, and the mind is the form of forms.

Well, it's wonderful to be identified strongly with my work.

I was a good-looking kid. I never felt, like, dorky. I was just like, 'Yup, these are my braces. I've had them forever.'

By disgracing and degrading the presidency of the United States, by fleeing the White House like a diseased cur, Richard Nixon broke the heart of the American Dream.

I only dated one Asian girl, but she was very Asian. She was a panda.

Stand-up can take you in so many different places, man. So many doors can be opened up from stand-up comedy, and the first one that was opened up for me was acting.

Please remember we all come from the same one and we will all return to that one, so there is no reason for fighting.

I hope I'm becoming more eccentric. More room in the brain.