To say no at the right time, and then stand by it, is the first element of success. He is the wise man who, for all his life, can keep mind and soul and body clean.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

There cannot be perfect civilization until Man realizes that the rights of every living creature are as sacred as his own.

Wisdom is knowing. Skill is know how to do it. Virtue is doing it.

Whatever you attempt, go at it with spirit.

There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.

When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!

The problem of life is not to make life easier, but to make men stronger.

Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for

All war is murder, robbery, trickery, and no nation ever escaped losses of men, prosperity and virility. War knows no victor.

Rome endured as long as there were Romans. America will endure as long as we remain American in spirit and in thought.

I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.

To make one, there must be two.

He who accumulates has little. He who gives away has much.

There is a core difference between sharing the gospel with the lost and imposing a specific moral standard on the unconverted.

You are a New Yorker when what was there before is more real and solid than what is here now.

Most Internet business theorists are really looking at preserving the necks of giant, Fortune 500 companies, rather than promoting the digital, peer-to-peer economy that actually wants to happen.

If I were as good at praying as I am at not praying I'd be really holy.

When will rappers & skanks realize God's not the only one who gets to judge them on their actions? We do too. It's called CONSEQUENCES.

I think my biggest muses in fashion are probably rock 'n' roll girlfriends, like Anita Pallenberg and Marianne Faithfull and Bianca Jagger - and then maybe Patti Smith a bit as well.

My theory is, the more pictures you take, the better you get. It's like a sport. I never wait to get a particular shot because wonderful accidents can happen when you shoot a lot.