The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.

The only one who can beat me is me.

Dollar Diplomacy.

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves.

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labours of peace.

Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead, To find such numbers who will serve instead: And in whatever state a man be thrown, 'Tis that precisely they would wish their own.

Feast of Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977 Prodigal sons, forgiven and reconciled with their heavenly Father, could they do other than forgive one another? A fellowship of prodigal sons came into being -- the church of Christ. Love begets love. A new power ... was let loose upon our suffering world, the power to love those who have not deserved love, the unworthy, the unlovely and unlovable, a man's enemies, and even his torturers. Christians, in imitation of the Saviour, became, as it were, Christs to one another and to the world.

The people are fashioned according to the example of their kings; and edicts are of less power than the life of their ruler.

a penny saved is a penny saved.

The Bible is a window in this prison of hope, through which we look into eternity.

Be good and you will be lonely.

Money is something you got to make in case you don't die.

The opinion of the intelligent is better than the certainty of the ignorant.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.

The 50-50-90 rule: Any time you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

Make your life a mission, not an intermission.