Store up knowledge. Then question your own knowledge in order to expand your mind, both to build and to create more space. Then store up more knowledge. And so on. That is wisdom.

Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.

A solid answer to everything is not necessary. Blurry concepts influence one to focus, but postulated clarity influences arrogance.

When a man is penalized for honesty he learns to lie.

Let your confidence reflect your contentedness.

The man who is most aggressive in teaching tolerance is the most intolerant of all: he wants a world full of people too timid and ashamed to really disagree with anything.

There are two circumstances that lead to arrogance: one is when you're wrong and you can't face it; the other is when you're right and nobody else can face it.

It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right.

If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place.

To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.

The weather is nature's disruptor of human plans and busybodies. Of all the things on earth, nature's disruption is what we know we can depend on, as it is essentially uncontrolled by men.

I think that time might be different for young people. The minutes longer, stronger, more vibrant.

But it's not a cancer book, because cancer books suck.

The more we work the more we need to pray. In this day of activity there is great danger, not of doing too much, but of praying too little for so much work.

Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts.

Just because something is three months away and seems far off, doesn't mean you will want to be there when the time comes.

Michael and I talk at least every two weeks. He understands why I've done the things I have.

For they who think they make an end of temptation by yeilding to it, only set themselves on fire the more.

Truth and reason are common to everyone, and are no more his who spake them first than his who speaks them after.

It is only the superficial qualities that last. Man's deeper nature is soon found out.

If you can't save your own life, is it even worth saving?