All the media and the politicians ever talk about is things that separate us, things that make us different from one another

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me . . they’re cramming for their final exam.

I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.

Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.

In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

There is a planet named Pluto, but we don't have one named Goofy. Goofy would be a good name for this planet. It certainly qualifies.

That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.

Terrified, yes. But I run toward the fire now. Not away.

The cat . . . is for the man who appreciates beauty as the one living force in a blind and purposeless universe.

We all have great inner power. The power is self-faith. There's really an attitude to winning. You have to see yourself winning before you win. And you have to be hungry. You have to want to conquer.

I have learned to prize holy ignorance more highly than religious certainty and to seek companions who have arrived at the same place.

Some men were nothing but overgrown boys who never got over the "fun" of teasing girls, just to get noticed

You make the choice. You look at each scene and you make sure that this is not a person deceiving people.

A bore is someone who takes away my solitude and doesn't give me companionship in return.

What brings you onto my property?" Rhev said, cradling his mug with both hands trying to absorb its warmth. Got a problem" I can't fix your personality, sorry

God speaks in the silence of the heart, and we listen. And then we speak to God from the fullness of our heart, and God listens. And this listening and this speaking is what prayer is meant to be.

The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis in journalism.