Police work wouldn't be possible without coffee.

I know paradise has many gates, just as hell does. One has to learn to distinguish between them, or one is lost.

People always leave traces. No person is without a shadow.

Justice doesn't only mean that the people who commit crime are punished. It also means that we can never give up seeking the truth.

We don't have time to argue. Nobody has time.

Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of information. Knowledge involves listening.

Dreams can be of value even if you don’t have an opportunity to turn them into reality.

Every secret we confide in another person can be a burden to them

Life is a flimsy branch over an abyss.

‎Not having time for a person, not being able to sit in silence together with somebody, that's the same as rejecting them, as being scornful about them.

You can have more than one home. You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow.

Obstacles are there to give you more opportunities to grow and excel in life.

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Bit naïve, isn’t it? So much for the Age of Enlightenment.”“I grew up believing in dragons, ” du Bois pointed out.

I mean, there's a sense wherein you skip a part of childhood, too, when you start working at that age I did; I was out working and out of home at 15, paying my own way in the world.

Death is an awful thing. I don't believe in it myself.

Take away freedom of speech, and the creative faculties dry up.

If they let me choose between you and the dog, I'll choose the dog.

How seriously can I take myself? I'm just one of six billion people, right?

Coming to grips with being a bit of a celebrity. That's not anything I ever expected to have to deal with in my life.

Only in prayer can we learn to love God with all our heart, mind and soul.