The belief that becomes truth for me... is that which allows me the best use of my strength, the best means of putting my virtues into action.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

Christianity is a way of life - not a dogma!

It took us a stupid amount of time but we did it.

Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.

The Psalmists in telling everyone to praise God are doing what all men do when they speak of what they care about.

I have yet to meet a man who has seen my true stars.

Foursquare's adoption of a game dynamic when it launched is a particularly clever implementation of a social hook.

Actually, you’re way off.” “Oh?” the guard asked. “Yup. She’s not a werewolf, she’s a chupacabra. Have you noticed a lot of missing goats lately?

Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm an artist, but I'm not really very good.

Programming languages, like pizzas, come in only too sizes; too big and too small.

Corruption could lead to the collapse of the Party [Communist Party of China] and the downfall of the state [People's Republic of China].