Verily if with mine own eyes I had seen a priest of God, or any of those who wear the monastic garb, sinning, I would spread my cloak and hide him, that he might not be seen of any.

Between a tyrant and a prince there is this single or chief difference, that the latter obeys the law and rules the people by its dictates, accounting himself as but their servant.

Let him who is not come to logic be plagued with continuous and everlasting filth

Just as the soul animates the body, so, in a way, meaning breathes life into a word.

Accurate reading on a wide range of subjects makes the scholar; careful selection of the better makes the saint.

He who will not when he may, may not when he will.

The common people say, that physicians are the class of people who kill other men in the most polite and courteous manner.

A man is free in proportion to the measure of his virtues, and the extent to which he is free determines what his virtues can accomplish.

Seeking is a necessary preliminary to finding, and one who cannot endure the hardship of inquiry cannot expect to harvest the fruit of knowledge.

I knew books could see people around them, they ground their tiny teeth, tried to rattle like windows, stories to tell.

Don’t say deep things to shallow people and don’t talk about shallow things with the deep people!

Just because we can doesn't mean we should.

Conscience is a sacred sanctuary where God alone may enter as judge.

Sparky Anderson taught me this a long time ago: 'There's three ways you can treat a person. You can pat 'em on the butt, you can kick 'em in the butt, or you can leave 'em alone.'

Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it.

He is dead who called me into being, and when I shall be no more the very remembrance of us both will speedily vanish.

The keyhole is my lens as a writer.

I was raised by somebody with the perception of trying to allow me the space and show me the importance of knowing who I was and figuring out who I was and appreciating who I was.

If you're willing to stand for what you believe in ... you won't need advice from me, because you will be able to handle whatever comes.