Reason is the shepherd trying to corral life's vast flock of wild irrationalities.

We endeavor to stuff the universe into the gullet of an aphorism.

We mourn the transitory things and fret under the yoke of the immutable ones.

To judge a man's character by only one of its manifestations is like judging the sea by a jugful of its water.

In the spider-web of facts, many a truth is strangled.

Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird.

A man is most accurately judged by how he treats those who are not in a position either to retaliate or to reciprocate.

With the stones we cast at them, geniuses build new roads with them.

Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that idea is not quite clear to him.

It is not true that men prefer foolish women. Rather they prefer women who can simulate foolishness whenever necessary, which is the very core of intelligence.

Avarice is fear sheathed in gold.

To learn that it's easier to be told by others what to think and believe than it is to think for yourself.

In the river swam the gleaming fish, which were meant for water, just as humankind is meant for love.

When you open to the world, the world opens to you.

Once you have tasted conviction, you can’t bear to keep swallowing complacency.

Nursing is great for so many reasons, but there is one reason that means more than any poll results, amount of money, or job security: Nurses make a difference.

A thief, though rich, will continue to steal, but an honest man, though poor, will ever seek to pay his debts.

I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.

This question is posed to mayself, am I a man who thinks he's an angel? Or an angel who thinks he's a man?

With Iran's long history of lies and non-cooperation, why are we talking to them? Why are we giving them legitimacy?

People in the world can never imagine the length of days to those in asylums. They seemed never ending, and we welcomed any event that might give us something to think about as well as talk of.