Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth oil, have no force, nor cause any waves?

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

I dropped my gardening tools, threw my bicycle over a hedge and went in search of fortunes laid beneath the hangman’s noose.

If God had a wife He would be in just as much trouble as any man.

Allen Iverson is a ball hog. You will never win a championship with him on your team.

What is modesty but inverted pride?

That man cannot possibly be called a Christian, who does not pray.

The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar.

Civil society has not lost the possibility to influence the government and force them to change their policy. That is why we believe in your voice and your help.

It is always the right time to do the right thing.

If I want more, I need to go and get it, demand it, take hold of it with all my might, and do the best I can with it.

I found that I could not climb my way up to God in a blaze of doing and performing. Rather, I had to descend into the depths of myself and find God there in the darkness of troubled waters.