The opinion of all lawyers, the unanimous cry of the nation, and the good of the state, are in themselves a law.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

When I first met you, that's what I remember. I looked up at the sky and thought, I'm going to love this person because even the sky looks different.

If you have problems in your life, don’t assume there is something wrong with you.

An overly pragmatic attitude is not productive on the long run.

'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without Antonio.

If you are going to do something for the poor, the abused, or the imprisoned, above all be faithful. People with broken lives often come from lives with broken promises.

I am the kind of person that takes everything as is and then look at it from the outside looking in.

I am a storyteller, and I do love ideas.

I believe in teaching, but I don’t believe in going to school.

Human consciousness is too obscure a mystery to itself for us to script our own lives.