A man can condemn his enemies, but it's wiser to know them.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.

The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets -

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.

Things are always better in the morning.

It's not necessary to tell all you know.

Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they're quite different from people who must write.

...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.

I do not politicize Christianity nor my discipleship as Jesus did not politicize either His divinity nor his humanity.

Sometimes a single phrase of testimony can set events in motion that affect someone's life for eternity.

Prosperity: that condition which attracts the lively interest of lawyers, and warrants your being sued for damages, or indicted, or both.

There is nothing and no one else but your dear friend, eternity, who has always loved you, who will always love you.

[Tomas] Jefferson believed that the United States was a chosen nation with a special responsibility to spread democracy around the world.

When he plays all the flowers swap colors and years and decades and centuries of rain pour back into the sky

If the actions used in performing sleights are visible or even suspected by the onlooker, the whole illusion of magic is destroyed.

... no matter where you go or what you do, I'll love every day for the rest of my life.

Charity is not an act but a way of life, a condition of the heart.

For you and I are past our dancing days.