The good lawgiver should inquire how states and races of men and communities may participate in a good life, and in the happiness which is attainable by them.

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.

Let us compete with ourselves, not with others.

While that amendment failed, human cloning continues to advance and the breakthrough in this unethical and morally questionable science is around the corner.

It would scarcely be acceptable, for example, to ask in the course of an ordinary conversation what our society holds to be the purpose of work.

Is it just me, or did Tamou go to hug a Kiwi before realising he had just scored for Australia?

I guess there are some things you never get used to.

I'd like to see marriage count again among African-Americans and not just in the society in general.

Success isn't something you chase. It's something you have to put forth the effort for constantly. Then maybe it'll come when you least expect it. Most people don't understand that.

The Bible is the supreme law that all governments must obey.

A life accumulates a collection: of people, work and perplexities. We are all our own curators.