To succeed in chaining the multitude, you must seem to wear the same fetters.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

Become the real you

If I never point out the sin and struggle in the hearts of my children, and merely direct their behavior to please me, then when will they know they need a Savior?

All the things I really like to do are either immoral illegal or fattening.

Essentially prayer is based on a relationship. We don't converse freely with someone we don't know. We bare our souls and disclose our hidden secrets only to someone we trust.

I think the word of the United States has been as good as gold in its international dealings and its agreements.

Even if plants were sentient, veganism would still be a moral imperative given that it takes many pounds of plants to produce one pound of flesh.

The tragedy of the modern democracies is that they have not yet succeeded in realizing democracy.

That's always been my test for what makes a story: is this something journalists would gossip with each other about?

When we affirm that philosophy begins with wonder , we are affirming in effect that sentiment is prior to reason .

'Green' issues at last are attracting serious attention, owing to critically important links between the environment and the economy, health, and our security.