To pursue wisdom is to live in such a way that one is prepared to face death when it comes. (247)

Only by knowing yourself can you live honestly and find your own path.

It's in out-of-the-ordinary situations - especially situations of challenge or adversity - that the most important differences between people shine through.

Jesus Christ our Lord surrendered in order that He might win; He destroyed His enemies by dying for them and conquered death by allowing death to conquer Him.

When you're having trouble making a decision you're making it too soon.

It is well known that the central problem of the whole of modern mathematics is the study of transcendental functions defined by differential equations.

We grow in direct proportion to the amount of chaos we can sustain and dissipate

How stagnant and tepid the whole British political scene is now is just beyond belief.

Grief, when it comes, is nothing like we expect it to be.

I choose to worship not believing in God and government should not thrust a religious idea down my throat.

Texas is not a civilized place. Texans shoot one another a lot. They also knife, razor, and stomp one another to death with some frequency. And they fight in bars all the time.

They who talk much of destiny, their birth-star, etc., are in a lower dangerous plane, and invite the evils they fear.

In some parts of the ancient world, the hawk symbolized the sun. Back when I got this, I figured if I always had the sun on me, I wouldn't be afraid of the dark