The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.

Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am.".

Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.

A happy wedlock is a long falling in love.

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience, your heart and your soul. So only can you be true to God.

Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day.

There is no college for the conscience.

An intelligent person, looking out of his eyes and hearkening in his ears, with a smile on his face all the time, will get more true education than many another in a life of heroic vigils".

I have a problem with people who take the Constitution loosely and the Bible literally.

My body was a machine, plain and simple. I worked it to stay strong; I fed it to keep it running.

Every athletic career, no matter how modest or lofty, is a journey.

Religion is a superstition that originated in man's mental inability to solve natural phenomena. The Church is an orgainized institution that has always been stumbling to block progress.

Ultimately we've only got humanity to work with. It's only clay we've got.

Christian, thou knowest thou carriest Gunpowder about thee, desire those that carry Fire to keep at a Distance from thee; 'tis a dangerous Crisis when a proud Heart meets with flattering Lips.

Responsibility is good for your soul

On conducting: If you can just barely hear the French horns on stage, the balance is perfect.

Read the genealogy of Jesus, and you have to see how the four women in that genealogy God used their sins for His glory.