A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool.]

A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.

A woman is not property, and husbands who think otherwise are living in a dreamworld.

Never try to outstubborn a cat.

There is no conclusive evidence of life after death, but there is no evidence of any sort against it. Soon enough you will know, so why fret about it?

Be wary of strong drink, it can make you shoot at the tax collector...and miss.

God split himself into a myriad parts that he might have friends. This may not be true, but it sounds good—and is no sillier than any other theology.

History has the relation to truth that theology has to religion — ie., none to speak of

If books had not bound together the experiences of former generations, the shackles of later generations in their forgetfulness would not have been loosed.

I don't want any more of this try, try again stuff. I just want out. I’ve had it. I am so tired. I am twenty and I am already exhausted.

A mother's love is more beautiful than any fresh flower.

Honor is due to God and to persons of great excellence as a sign of attestation of excellence already existing

I believe in empty spaces they're the most wonderful thing.

In art, the obvious is a sin.

I believe God is everything, say Shug. Everything that is or ever was or ever will be. And when you can feel that, and be happy to feel that, you've found It.

I don't really spend money like crazy. I buy what I need and what I really want, and if I'm buying expensive things I do think about the purchase many times before I buy it.

For all its prestige, its fabulous views, its indoor pool, and its lovely garden, 24 Sussex is more like an old hotel than a modern home.

Do you know your particular fears? And what do you usually do with them? You run away from them, don't you, or invent ideas and images to cover them? But to run away from fear is only to increase it.