Religious people are guided in their activities not by the consequences of their actions, but by the consciousness of the destination of their lives.

When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.

Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself.

Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person.

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God's laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty comes from man's injustice to his fellow man.

In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.

Percentages! Those are for economists, polls, and politicians. Percentages can't define your identity.

I didn’t mind the quiet stretches. It was like we were trying out the idea of being side by side.

For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.

You must keep all earthy treasures out of your heart, and let Christ be your treasure, and let Him have your heart.

Do proper homage to thine idol's eyes; But no too humbly, or she will despise Thee and thy suit, though told in moving tropes: Disguise even tenderness if thou art wise.

There's nothing people can't contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.

It is the imperfect that astonishes and attracts us.

Our goal is to give all Americans front-door access to the truth.

You cannot teach beginners top-down programming, because they don't know which end is up.