The nature of rumor is well known to all. It was your own poet who said: 'Rumor, an evil surpassing all evils in speed.'

You can't undo anything you've already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.

Hope is patience with the lamp lit.

Men remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.

Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.

If the Tiber rises too high, or the Nile too low, the remedy is always feeding Christians to the lions.

Custom without truth is error grown old.

Where our work is, there let our joy be.

A man becomes a Christian, he is not born one.

You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.

The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain

For some reason, Beck's unexpected kindness was hard to bear - it made tears prick my eyes where Jack's threats hadn't.

My personal philosophy is that you do art to experience emotion that you don't have the luxury of experiencing in real life.

Don't scrutinize people with a microscope; view them from a comfortable distance. And allow some room for compassion in the space the lies between you.

I'm spending all my time and energy on the project at hand.

The more immoral we become in big ways, the more puritanical we become in little ways.

Scientists must venture outside their comfort zones to show the public how cool - and how important - their work really is.

But I don't think the popularity of flying has diminished a bit.

Hard work is rewarding. Taking credit for other people's hard work is rewarding and faster.

Ive always considered the government taking one out of every two dollars I earn absolute tyranny.

The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.