Temperance and bravery, then, are ruined by excess and deficiency, but preserved by the mean.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

The tiniest of actions is always better than the boldest of intentions,

Both of my kids have my sense of humor - they're definitely entertaining.

Each person does see the world in a different way. There is not a single, unifying, objective truth. We're all limited by our perspective.

All writers are propagandists.

I lived in New York for maybe a year and a half, from '95 to '97, but I live in Dallas. My whole family is there.

Making mistakes is the privilege of the active - of those who can correct their mistakes and put them right.

The German language is the organ among the languages.

I just think racism is within each and every one of us. It's everyone's responsibility to figure out how they deal with this kind of obsolete instinct.

No society can possibly be built on a denial of individual freedom.

When it comes to health and well-being, regular exercise is about as close to a magic potion as you can get.