Religion increasingly is tending to degenerate into a decent formula wherewith to embellish a comfortable life.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.

For me, Jesus is my cleft in the rock. He is my safest friend, my safe totally loving accepting big brother.

[Donald] Trump is a [Hillary] Clinton Christmas gift.

When you connect with a cause, it's like falling in love.

In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell. We can't dance synonyms.

I've been through a lot as far as love.

What is the appropriate reply to make to a man who says he loves you? Thank you. You are very kind.

Breathe in...inhale vapors from bright stars that shine, Breathe out...weed smoke retrace the skyline.

The hypocrite takes good advice as an insult.

Those who do not know must be taught, not punished. We do not hit the blind. We lead them by the hand.

Wrestling is a fraternity, and the boys will work their butts off for you as long as you respect them and don't lie. You can't anyone walk all over you or everybody will walk all over you.