"Not only are you what you think you are, more so; what you think, you are."

"The worst prison would be a closed heart."

"A modern U.S. Navy cruiser now requires 26 tons of manuals. This is enough to affect the vessel's performance."

"Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death."

"The pain of dispute exceeds, by much, its utility. All disputation makes the mind deaf, and when people are deaf I am dumb."

"Education - The ability to quote Shakespeare without crediting it to the Bible."

"Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it were after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are those who can convert every work into one that suits their taste."

"I believe in God like I believe in the sun, not because I can see it, but because of it all things are seen."

"The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self-activity."

"Perpetual worry will get you to one place ahead of time - the cemetery."

"I don't want to buy anything, sell anything or process anything. I don't want to process anything bought or sold, or buy anything processed or sold, or sell anything bought, sold or processed."

"RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded intellect."