The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

Life unexamined, is not worth living.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

More men have become great through practice than by nature.

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.

My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.

God is a lot of things to a lot of people but I don't think He is a cheap party host with limited grace to give out.

My faith kind of keeps me in touch with the idea that I'm not in control of things.

We believed in our grandmother’s cooking more fervently than we believed in God.

You will be faced with facing all the things in yourself that keep you from knowing who you are, you'll have to stand up to roles and definitions that your family and culture have given you.

I don't like the celebrity gossip culture, and I certainly don't want to contribute to it. I don't care about the Kardashians, or any of them.

If I heard there was a new show, and the creators were writing about how they met, I would be like, "Pass!"

A brilliant mind was never as clever as three average minds sniffing after something of interest.

The law of diminishing returns means that even the most beneficial prinicple will become harmful if carried far enough.

If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity.

There is no social-change fairy. There is only change made by the hands of individuals.