Wisdom

Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the infamy of servitude to the crime of murder.

As an adult, be child-like as you learn but not child-ish as you live.

I’ll always be a student, because I think of music as never ending.

You can be merry with the king, you can share a joke with him. But as Thomas More used to say, it's like sporting with a tamed lion. You tousle its mane and pull its ears, but all the time you're thinking, those claws, those claws, those claws.

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.

A politician . . . One that would circumvent God.

The cuckoo who is on to himself is halfway out of the clock.

Always be reading something, he said. Even when we're not physically reading. How else will we read the world? Think of it as a constant.

You know your flaws, don't hide them. Embrace them.

The respect you give to others dramatically reflects the respect you give to yourself.

People respond more to the authority of status, than the authority of truth.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence.

�The story of the Pledge of Allegiance and its National Socialist roots is a fascinating one. Dr. Rex Curry, a passionate libertarian, has made the issue his white whale.

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.

A letter always seemed to me like immortality because it is the mind alone without corporeal friend.

You can greet even the dullest acquaintance with pleasure, if you have forgotten their dreary story.

The best way to catch a bee is using its own honey.

Imagination is a place where all the important answers live.

I may not believe that 'all things happen for a reason.' But I do believe that reason may come from all things that happen.

Grace is a power that comes in and transforms a moment into something better.