The Devil never tempts us with more success than when he tempts us with a sight of our own good actions.

A good judge should never boast of his power, because he can do nothing but what he can do justly: he is not the master, but the minister of the law. Authority without virtue is a very dangerous state.

We all know that a sympathetic and intelligent listener not only flatters our vanity, but also frequently enables us to crystallize our own ideas to the best advantage. Why, then, do we so often refuse to perform this service?

Labor, therefore, is a duty from which no man living is exempt, without forfeiting his right to his daily bread.

How it shaped my perception is this: I have become so indelibly identified as a character in pop culture that it has forced me to go deeply within myself to get a very very rock solid sense, to myself, of who I am.

The greatest of all disorders is to think we are whole and need no help.

If you going to live by a certain code - as Bob Dylan said, you gotta serve somebody.