The phases of fire are craving and satiety.

The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.

There is nothing permanent except change.

Big results require big ambitions.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Dogs bark at what they don't understand.

Change alone is unchanging.

Those who are awake all live in the same world. Those who are asleep live in their own worlds.

What is divine escapes men's notice because of their incredulity.

Those who approach life like a child playing a game, moving and pushing pieces, possess the power of kings.

I’ve often been criticised, but never critically wounded

Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.

Being a high school teacher was wonderful, but unsustainable: I needed a way out.

When one is truly in love, one not only says it, but shows it.

No one will ever accuse James Carville of taking himself seriously.

If you can manage to experience three positive emotions for every one negative emotion … you dramatically improve your health and your ability to successfully tackle any problem you're facing.

Too rigid scruples are concealed pride.

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Staying silent, staying away from him... that was the hardest thing I've ever done.

Man can have only a certain number of teeth, hair and ideas; there comes a time when he necessarily loses his teeth, hair and ideas.