"I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity an obligation; every possession a duty."

"From the persistence of noise comes the insistence of rage. From the emergence of tone comes the divergence of thought. From the enlightenment of music comes the wisdom of... silence."

"Success always occurs in private and failure in full public view."

"You use your money to buy privacy because during most of your life you aren't allowed to be normal."

"A man who thinks he has a higher purpose can do terrible things, even to those he professes to love."

"Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence."

"It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie."

"Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions."

"It's wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope."

"The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things."

"We can begin by noting that the body prefers to keep itself alive."

"Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."