To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.

I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.

They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong.

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.

A lot of us grow up and we grow out of the literal interpretation that we get when we’re children, but we bear the scars all our life. Whether they’re scars of beauty or scars of ugliness, it’s pretty much in the eye of the beholder.

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.

I’ve watched a lot of people who became famous who completely change and I think it’s because they tend to believe all the hype that’s out there. I don’t think there’s that much hype about me.

If one has the answers to all the questions – that is the proof that God is not with him. It means that he is a false prophet using religion for himself. The great leaders of the people of God, like Moses, have always left room for doubt. You must leave room for the Lord, not for our certainties; we must be humble.

I didn’t want to submit to the army and then, on the day of judgment, have God say to me, ‚Why did you do that?‘ This life is a trial, and you realize that what you do is going to be written down for Judgment Day.

My own view is that every company requires a long-term view.

You can’t trust very many people.

Comedians are sociologists. We’re pointing out stuff that the general public doesn’t even stop to think about, looking at life in slow-motion and questioning everything we see.

I’m not somebody that thinks about destiny and fate, but I don’t walk away from it when something unfolds.

If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.

True religion is real living; living with all one’s soul, with all one’s goodness and righteousness.

The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.

What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

Whenever a fellow tells me he’s bipartisan, I know he’s going to vote against me.

God may be subtle, but he isn’t plain mean.

In terms of doing work and in terms of learning and evolving as a person, you just grow more when you get more people’s perspectives… I really try and live the mission of the company and… keep everything else in my life extremely simple.

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.

There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.

I don’t know that much about who directs what movies, but I’m definitely inspired by the look of old movies; I find them to be really beautiful.

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.

There is no object so large but that at a great distance from the eye it does not appear smaller than a smaller object near.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

I don’t have people following me around, like bodyguards. I don’t know how people live like that. Maybe the young movie stars have to live like that, I don’t know. But it seems a little crazy to me. I don’t think you need all that stuff.

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.

Purposes, plans, and achievements of men may all disappear like yon cloud upon the mountain’s summit; but, like the mountain itself, the things which are of God shall stand fast for ever and ever.

Scientific views end in awe and mystery, lost at the edge in uncertainty, but they appear to be so deep and so impressive that the theory that it is all arranged as a stage for God to watch man’s struggle for good and evil seems inadequate.

In legal language, a covenant generally denotes an agreement between two or more parties. But in a religious context, a covenant is much more significant. It is a sacred promise with God. He fixes the terms.

It’s not morbid to talk about death. Most people don’t worry about death, they worry about a bad death.

Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved.

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.

Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.

Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.

I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic human desire. And it also puts our worries in perspective.

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.

I don’t see that my majority opinions are going to be undone.

Sometimes we look back and 10 years from now we think, ‚Boy, those were great old days.‘ Well, you know, we’re living in the good old days.

Once you get into this great stream of history, you can’t get out.

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th‘ observer’s sake.

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man.

It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.

The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, whereas those who kill him risk nothing except promotion.

I just think that trusting God means we’re going to have unanswered questions, and God is so much bigger than us, we’re never going to understand them all.

I’ll never graduate from collagen.

One of my major keys is actually the master keys: God.

God’s angels often protect his servants from potential enemies.

I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can’t get bitter, we can’t get jaded.

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.

Youth is wasted on the young.