I am amazed, methinks, and lose my way among the thorns and dangers of this world.

Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.

Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that setbacks and griefs which endure help us in our march forward.

You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

The shell must break before the bird can fly.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

Isn’t it amazing that we are all made in God’s image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?

For me, I don't expect to have a really amazing meal each time I dine out. Having a good meal with your loved ones - that's what makes the experience.

I’m not perfect. And who knows how many times I’ve fallen short. We all fall short. That’s the amazing thing about the grace of God.

If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.

It's amazing how powerful a piece of work can be and how it can influence people and change.

Count your blessings. You are one of a kind. There’s no one in the world like you. You are amazing.

No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.

If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.

When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - When you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, butt in favors - When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you - When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - You may know that your society is doomed.

We have more machinery of government that is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

Diversity of opinion within the framework of loyalty to our free society is not only basic to a university but to the entire nation.

This I learned in Auschwitz: There are only two races. The race of the decent and the race of the indecent.

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really man it.

If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.

Every heart that has beat strong and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be civilized.