The best use one can make of his mind is to distrust it.

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still importunate, when the wants of nature are supplied.

A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

The more you say, the less people remember.

The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying.

Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer.

Let gratitude for the past inspire us with trust for the future.

How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.

In the office, Michael sat behind our father’s desk, clicking away at the computer with his right hand, and making notes with his left. Ambidextrous freak.

You shouldn't be a big shot about your fate. I'm an enemy of Destiny, I'm not a Greek, I'm a Berliner.

Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. Gangsta rap didnt exist.

Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.

By the way, I understand that now you can have the Times delivered to your door here in the Twin Cities.

I need the concept of mercy for me to have some semblance of self-admiration. So in real life, I'm probably somebody who is more devout.

I so owed Arianna, that undead little genius.

Said the river: imagine everything you can imagine, then keep on going.

If you'll have enough saved and nobody has to take on debt and you want to retire, shoot go for it.

The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny.