A distinction to which they had been born gave no pride.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

I leave it to be settled, by whomsoever it may concern, whether the tendency of this work be altogether to recommend parental tyranny, or reward filial disobedience.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

Provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided they were all story and no reflection, she had never any objection to books at all.

[I]t is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.

I assure you. I have no notion of treating men with such respect. That is the way to spoil them.

Where people are really attached, poverty itself is wealth.

If I am wrong, I am doing what I believe to the right.

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves it is the woman only who can make it a torment.

Some folks say that you can’t get rid of a problem until you shuck it. So, brother, let’s start shucking.

Prescription drug prices are skyrocketing and one-third of all seniors depend on Social Security for at least 90% of their income.

If you love with violence and you hate with violence there is nothing that can be questioned.

Every attainment, every step forward in knowledge, follows from courage, from hardness against oneself, from cleanliness in relation to oneself.

With Instapaper, I can take a few months off. I can't stop publishing 'The Magazine' for two months and work on something else.

Max Lucado says that 'A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.' That is true and a man who wants to find out the truth must also do the same thing!

Christians must go beyond criticizing the degradation of American culture, roll up their sleeves, and get to work on positive solutions. The only way to drive out bad culture is with good culture.

There are places to go beyond belief.

I definitely don't consider myself a kid anymore. I feel like an old man, an old 28-year-old.

Messi the best player in the world by far. I don't think we'll ever see a player like him again.