Stephen Colbert

"Certainty is the refuge of the closed mind."

"You cannot love your way to enlightenment; you must think your way there."

"The burden of proof is on the person making the claim."

"I believe in the power of intention and the danger of assumptions."

"Success is waking up every day and doing what you love."

"Real courage isn't the absence of fear; it's moving forward despite it."

"We're all just making it up as we go along, some of us are just better at admitting it."

"The Internet has made us all editors-in-chief of our own little media empire."

"Faith without action is just a comfortable delusion."

"Sometimes the most radical thing you can do is tell the truth."

"Empathy is the ability to stand in someone else's shoes and feel what they're feeling."

"Change doesn't happen because you want it to happen. It happens because you make it happen."

"The mind is the greatest weapon; use it wisely."

"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes with itself."

"You can be brilliant, but if you're not kind, what does it matter?"

"The pursuit of happiness is a constitutional right, but happiness itself must be earned."

"Fear is the mind-killer, but sometimes fear is also the mind-waker."

"Art is the lens through which we see our deepest truths."

"A nation that cannot govern itself cannot govern anything else."

"Patience is not passive; it's active waiting with purpose."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

"Humor is tragedy plus time, but sometimes we need to skip the time."

"Leadership is serving others while inspiring them to serve something greater than themselves."

"Dreams without effort are just fantasies that keep us from reality."

"In the face of absurdity, the only reasonable response is laughter."

"You can't change what you don't acknowledge; acknowledgment is the first step to change."

"The heart of wisdom is knowing what you don't know."

"Nature doesn't ask for our permission; it simply evolves with or without us."

"Beauty is found not in perfection but in authenticity."

"The greatest gift you can give someone is your full, undivided attention."