Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

Staying indoors daily will eventually make you sick.

The categories within which the colonists thought about the social foundations of politics were inheritances from classical antiquity, reshaped by seventeenth century English thought.

Fanaticism comes from any form of chosen blindness accompanying the pursuit of a single dogma.

True humility is absolute obedience and dependence on God. It puts Him first, others second, and ourselves third in all things.

Sometimes everyone does the right thing and there's still a mess left to clean up. Someone has to take responsibility for it.

A philosophy can only be a route to knowledge. It cannot be knowledge crammed down one's throat. If one has a route, he can then find what is true for him. And that is Scientology.

God wants nothing from you but the gift of a peaceful heart.

The only real payoff for leadership is eternal.

A child needs encouragement like a plant needs water.

My hair has become part of my identity; it's almost an appendage to me.