There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little, and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more, and not keep their suspicions in smother.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you that you ought to prefer is to have kept your soul alive.

Look in the mirror, and laugh at yourself.

In fact, theres a lot to legitimately hate about pro sports and the way they are conducted.

A man's strength is ultimately born of his knowledge of his own weakness.

Kids don't have ruts yet that adults have carved into their minds. They're born logical. Crooked thinking has to be taught.

Leave off looking to men to find out what you are not - seek within yourselves to find out what you are.

I call myself a traditionalist, although I have fought against tradition all my life.

I have no issues with my identity.

All the fun is in how you say a thing.

But by fighting the difficulties in which one finds oneself, an inner strength develops from within our heart, which improves in life's fight.