The human understanding of its own nature is prone to suppose the existence of more order and regularity in the world than it finds.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

I've really come to realize you have to love yourself before you can expect someone else to.

I make amazing fried chicken. The secret is taco seasoning.

We each belong to and are needed in the family of God.

...I'm no longer prepared to accept what people say and what's written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.

Good luck reaches farther than long arms.

I'm really good at standup. I always win at standup.

How can there be peace without people understanding each other; and how can this be if they don't know each other?

Few of us write great novels; all of us live them.

Who knows, maybe I am simply a talented architect?

You never want to judge your character.