Socrates gave no diplomas or degrees, and would have subjected any disciple who demanded one to a disconcerting catechism on the nature of true knowledge.

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.

Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.

The real evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the Famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people.

Every true history must force us to remember that the past was once as real as the present and as uncertain as the future.

One half who graduate from college never read another book.

A little man often cast a long shadow.

History is the open Bible: we historians are not priests to expound it infallibly: our function is to teach people to read it and to reflect upon it for themselves.

The best historian is he who combines knowledge of the evidence with the largest intellect, the warmest human sympathy and the highest imaginative powers.

Some people behave as though they are having an allergic reaction to feelings.

I work hard, and I'm thankful people recognize that.

My tattoo is a phoenix. I got the first when I was 16. I hid it for years.

I guess all songs is folk songs. I never heard no horse sing them.

Many of us in our praying are like nasty little boys who ring front door bells and run away before anyone answers.

Action can give us the feeling of being useful, but only words can give us a sense of weight and purpose.

The house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace

I think everyone should sell other people's stuff and their own stuff. I think everyone, almost everyone should mix those two business models.

We as songwriters are in the same position as a professional fisherman. Our fishing grounds are kind of fished out.

Funny, when you finally faced reality, it was amazing how clearly you could see things.