The excellence of a thing is related to its proper function.

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 beauty of God, is God himself.

Things are wonderful when we look at them with magic in our hearts.

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.

As Assistant Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, a constant concern for me is having our veterans dragged into partisan politics.

A team sport is not very good for me, because I can't take losing.

God comes to see without a bell.

It’s disgusting. On trains, the number of those people doing that strange masturbation-like gesture is multiplying.

Ineluctable modality of the visible; at least that if no more, thought through my eyes. Signatures of all things I am here to read.

How can I be my best if I never fail, and how can I ever find peace if I never yell.

I dont think I could do a superhero movie. Im just not really that type of guy.