Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge.

There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

All knowledge degenerates into probability.

It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause

You, Stan, are covered with dirt and leaves.''''I just applied for a job as a tree, '' I said. It made so little sense, he didn't even bother responding.

Although people are so kind to alcohol, still alcohol makes them blind.

Art is the terms of an armistice signed with fate.

It is astonishing how much more people are interested in lengthening life than improving it.

Those who never quote, in return are never quoted.

I got a bunch of people together to talk about doing a lot and decided that I really want to throw my hand in and do as much as I can.

A city becomes a world when one loves one of its inhabitants.

I couldn't deal with playing a character who rides motorcycles and has a leather jacket and is a tough kid, y'know?

The Great Commission to go into all the world is not only geographical, but must include every field, profession, discipline, sport, etc.

I went to the Westminster College for Men in Missouri, which is what it was called back then, and transferred to the University of Denver where I ultimately got my degree.