What education is to the individual, revelation is to the whole human race.

For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.

Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.

They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.

To look forward to pleasure is also a pleasure.

The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.

He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.

Yesterday I lived, today I suffer, tomorrow I die; but I still think fondly, today and tomorrow, of yesterday.

The more we see the more we must be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship

Conflict is a natural part of existence. Life is a struggle for survival for every organism at every level.

Many folks think they aren't good at earning money, when what they don't know is how to use it.

Eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable.

A worker must win the hearts and affections of the people before he can do any effective work.

We lock ourselves into our own philosophies, our own religions, our own walks of life, and if we fail, we condemn ourselves and then we get sick.

Catholic school gave me the tools to reject the very religion they wanted me to have. They taught me how to think for myself and to be independent.

The world is large when its weary leagues two loving hearts divide; But the world is small when your enemy is loose on the other side.

It’s not about the amount of time you devote but rather what you devote to that time that counts.

I'll work every day to try to make Washington, D.C., as inconsequential in your life as I can.

I'm crazy about Shakespeare, who was a notorious word inventor. And my wife is an English teacher, and she's hilarious.