To say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men.

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.

Unconditional love is the greatest gift we can ever give.

...Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie.

I'm certainly not ready to go changing the world overnight right now. I'm completely uninformed about a lot of our issues, a lot of the nation's issues, not just Indigenous issues.

Where the most beautiful wild flowers grow, there mans spirit is fed and poets grow.

I was with my wife for five years before we got married, so we've been together since I was 22.

Sounds mean nothing without music.

I like to start my day off every morning, take the first half hour and just search my own heart, see if I'm on the right course, try to be honest with myself - am I doing this for the right reasons?

The reason we have to regulate . . . church schools is that . . . children that are not trained in state-controlled schools will not fit in.

You try not to talk about the past too much as an artist. Instead, you focus on the continuity of your work.

I didn't want to be the monster! I didn't want to kill this room full of harmless children! I didn't want to lose everything I'd gained in a lifetime of sacrifice and denial!