Nothing is black or white.
It always seems impossible until its done.
I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.
I am the captain of my soul.
Where you stand depends on where you sit.
I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope.
It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.
The Country is both the Philosopher’s Garden and his Library, in which he Reads and Contemplates the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God.
Energy doesn’t lie so trust those vibes you’re getting.
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
Patron: One who countenances, supports or protects. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery.
Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.
People are much more willing to lend you books than bookcases.
If a man’s fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.
With all the doubt, with every worry, with all the negativity that I mistook for honesty, it kept me blinded. Lying for so long, I fooled myself in believing it to be my reality. And living in that world, it was my reality. Like when the lights come on, or when the curtains are drawn back, the shock of the clarity, meant I had to adjust to the new world I was witnessing. An honest; good with the bad, world, that I can thrive and grow in.
Avoid popularity it has many snares and no real benefit.
Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants.
Anger is short madness
The early Christian rules of life were not made to last, because the early Christians did not believe that the world itself was going to last.
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
