Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

This is very true: For my words are my own, and my actions are my ministers.

Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.

We should...be able to see that our interest would be best served not by asking the state to promulgate our values but by forbidding the state to promulgate any values at all. If the state can espouse some value that we love, it can, with equal justice, espouse others we do not love.

He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

The measure of your holiness is proportionate to the goodness of your will.

It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then.

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants.

Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains.

Women's virtue is man's greatest invention.

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

And every eye Gaz'd as before some brother of the sky.

The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.

Some people are alive only because it is illegal to kill them.

A wounded heart can with difficulty be cured.

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

It's easy to make good decisions when there are no bad options.