Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

From the very beginning of his education, the child should experience the joy of discovery.

How we treat our land, how we build upon it, how we act toward our air and water, in the long run, will tell what kind of people we really are.-Laurance S. Rockefeller

Tragedy makes you disable, but your attitude towards tragedy keeps you disable.

Thinking about swimming isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away.

Sevier County is a great area.

If I were to let my life be taken over by what is urgent, I might very well never get around to what is essential.

You can't learn passion, either you've got it or you haven't.

Remember, the only difference between 'marital' and 'martial' is where you put the 'i'.

Look at the walls of Pompeii. That's what got the internet started.

All forms of collectivism are mistaken, according to the human skull.

I certainly do not consider myself the next Jesus. I'd say he was more of a precursor to Zach Braff.