The ripeness of adolescence is prodigal in pleasures, skittish, and in need of a bridle.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

One of my biggest challenges is figuring out how to shoehorn my newfound knowledge into conversations.

The nightmare always becomes laughter, once it's understood.

Racism is not real, it's made up, it's cruel, it can be stopped.

The Democratic Party needs to look carefully at moving towards the middle, where the American people are.

Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment.

I thought, I might not look my best, I've forgotten half the words to my songs and I'm suffering from post-traumatic stress, but I've just got to get out there and do it.

You don't need another person, place or thing to make you whole. God already did that. Your job is to know it.

I now have a greater compassion than I have ever had before to know what it is to have the pain of a broken marriage. And I'm not saying I have an answer or solution for everyone.

I was exercising so hard that I began to lose weight.

Genius is subject to the same laws which regulate the production of cotton and molasses.