The true Mason's level of discernment increases with every use of the working tools, because the true Mason is ever working on him/her self.

The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.

The true Mason always carries his working tools everywhere.

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

Too many people don't care what happens so long as it doesn't happen to them.

Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.

We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.

The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.

We can't have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.

Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

Biographies are best when written chronologically. Boring people don't make for good biographies.

Being giving is a big quality. Being too giving is a big mistake!

Buddhism leads you to the awareness that all things are holy. Everything is holy. The dark has its own light, in other words.

Anyone who doesn't feel the crosses simply doesn't get that country.

Without a need to constantly remain attached to ideas and beliefs, the clarity of your formless form recognizes the truth of itself - with nothing to confirm or ever deny.

You might as well learn right now, you two, that the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say.

It shouldn't make you sad to know you're loved, Grayson." But it did. It made him sad, and panicked, and for just a moment, wishful.

They wrongly believe that good intentions move mountains. Bulldozers move mountains. But there are exceptions.

It's when you take that first step opening a business or making an investment that it becomes real.

Peace was the third emotion. Love. Hate. Peace. Three emotions made the ply of human life.