I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.

We had a good education, but we didn't walk away feeling better than anybody else.

I don't take care of my voice at all, which is one reason that I sound as bad as I do.

Even in my most solipsistic moments, I don't regard my literary debut as a matter of global interest.

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids...

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

It's a powerful experience, shitting. There's something magical about it, profound even. I think God made humans shit in the way we do because it brings us back down to earth and gives us humility. I...

Men never think their fortunes too great nor their wit too little.

For we know not what we should pray for.

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

It is not my ability but my response to God's ability that counts.

An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.

Don't mind her. She keeps her nose so high in the air, she's liable to drown in a good rainstorm.

I guess it's because we all want to believe that what we do is very important, that people hang on to our very word, that they care what we think. The truth is, you should consider yourself lucky if...

There is always someone better off than you, and there is always someone worse off than you.

You are not a handgun. More like a pellet gun. Maybe even a slingshot.

I'm glad I'm not good compared to God, because if I was, He wouldn't be much of a god.

A leader learned to follow, and serves the followers who are learning to lead.

Self importance is pride of a soul.

It doesn't matter who they are, anybody setting foot in this house is your company, and don't you let me catch you commenting on their ways like you are so high and mighty! Your folks might be better...

If anyone scolds you, just receive it thankfully. Because, they want you to become a better person than before.

Know thy own point: this kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heav'n bestows on thee.

Knowing your power is what creates humility. Not knowing your power is what creates insecurity.

Humility carries less weight and it makes things float. Pride is weighty and it makes things sink! It takes humility then for a 'ship', regardless of how loaded it is, to float on the surface of the...

We might not be equal in what we know but we are equal in what we do not know.

Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal.

I am more than less, but less than worthy. Worthy to be heard, but heard in silence.

The pride of man hopes but to blame God for the evils of the world, and to praise himself for the good.