So-called racial characteristics are not really racial at all but are due to the historical experiences of the communities in question.

Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now.

Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.

The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.

The aim of all education is, or should be, to teach people to educate themselves.

Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.

Material power that is not counterbalanced by adequate spiritual power, that is, by love and wisdom, is a curse

The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.

The only real struggle in the history of the world ... is between the vested interest and social justice.

The absolute value of love makes life worth while, and so makes Man's strange and difficult situation acceptable. Love cannot save life from death; but it can fulfill life's purpose.

Stay focus. Stay focus. Stay focus on the goal.

Why did you measure the days and nights? To know. Sitting high above the city, Father Time realized that knowing something and understanding it were not the same thing.

Autocorrect: making Twitter pedants delete and re-tweet since 2007.

Suffering is above, not below. And everyone thinks that suffering is below. And everyone wants to rise.

I do think a key to success in any walk of life is having a short memory and a thick skin - I know it has served me well over the years.

No matter how you travel, it's still you going.

The more people learn about them (Obama and Hillary) and how they handle the pressure, the more their support will evaporate.

In some ways, you know, people that don't exist, are much nicer than people that do.

Trusting God's plan is the only secret I know in the gentle art of not freaking out.

I guess I have to prove myself all over again, even if it's to the world. I don't have a problem doing that.