We live in the world we made up.

Weber sandstone a billion years old. This rock was Precambrian, I read, a term like postmodern, suggesting that what it names is so mysterious as to require identification by what it isn’t.

We do not need such things to help us to see God, ” I countered. “We have His Word, and that isenough.

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.

I've retired a couple of times. It's great, because you can just say, 'Oh, I'm sorry. I'm retired.'

When a man is proud because he can understand and explain the writings of Chrysippus, say to yourself, 'if Chrysippus had not written obscurely, this man would have had nothing to be proud of.'

It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions.

The best place to solve a problem is on paper.

There is no substitute for experience

I want to be inspiring to myself, to my kids, my family, and my friends.

As long as Property exists, it will accumulate in Individuals and Families. As long as Marriage exists, Knowledge, Property and Influence will accumulate in Families.

Film actors reach a certain level, but they don't get beyond it unless they work in the theater.