Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.

I am absolutely my own biggest critic.

We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men… We are who we are because they were who they were. It’s wise to know where you come from, who called your name.

If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it’s moving you away from your goals.

Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.

I had never been in charge of anything. I’d always worked for someone. I worked for a furniture warehouse. I did masonry. I always had a boss yelling at me. So I’d never been in charge of an organization.

Competition is a sin.

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

As I followed my dream – stayed in-Spirit, that is, inspired – I made more money in the first year after I gave up my employment than I had made in the previous 35 years of my life.

We call first truths those we discover after all the others.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‚Eureka!‘ but ‚That’s funny…‘

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself, totally, against the possibility of the changing motion of conquest and surrender, which is love.

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

There’s room for role models who make mistakes.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.

I already am a product.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

I give the children education.

I sometimes have a tendency to walk on the dark side.

Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.

No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you’re staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box. It’s very simple when you look at it.

I’m the kind of person who needs to feel like everything happens for a reason. When you date a guy and it goes badly, that’s horrible. But if you can write a song about it, then it was worth it.

I always believe that there should come a time when your energy, speed, stamina should combine well with your brains.

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we’ve struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We’ve made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

It’s very hard to find your own words – and you don’t actually exist until you have your own words.

Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else’s head instead of with one’s own.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

On the field, aggression can sometimes be a positive emotion. It boosts performance and can lift your game. But over the years, I have learnt that restrained aggression is a better animal. That way, you will conserve your energy and won’t spend yourself quickly.

I’m tender on the inside.

Whatever work you do, you think are you doing this for the good of the nation? That’s the basic training. The other basic training is discipline. Your life should be disciplined. The other thing they say is what work you get, do it well.

In ‚Gran Torino,‘ I play a guy who’s racially offensive. But he learned. It shows that you’re never too old to learn and embrace people that you don’t understand to begin with. It seems like nobody else got that message, I guess.

After many years of great mercy, after tasting of the powers of the world to come, we still are so weak, so foolish; but, oh! when we get away from self to God, there all is truth and purity and holiness, and our heart finds peace, wisdom, completeness, delight, joy, victory.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.

I love getting out of my comfort zone.

I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

The U. S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.

Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson.

I’ve been called a recluse. There’s definitely truth in that. I like to spend time alone.

When you seek the presence of your creative Spirit and are filled with passion about virtually everything you undertake, you’ll successfully remove the roadblocks from your life and enjoy the active presence of Spirit.

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

I don’t believe in God but I’m very interested in her.

Well I think a lot of times we’re putting things off and I’m going to do it later. I’m going to break this bad habit or I’m going to pursue this dream or I’m going to treat my spouse better.

One of the greatest lessons of my own life was learning to turn the inner rampage of hatred and anger toward my own father for his reprehensible behavior and abandonment of his family into an inner reaction more closely aligned with God and God-realized love.

Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.

Life’s too short to deal with other people’s insecurities.

Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.

The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That’s one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.