Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do.

Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history.

People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.

It isn’t hard to find evil in this world. Evil is always more easily imagined than good, somehow.

The nature of the world is to be calm, and enhance and support life, and evil is an absence of the inclination of matter to be at peace.

Because no retreat from the world can mask what is in your face.

The world unwraps itself to you, again and again as soon as you are ready to see it anew.

The world was floods above and fire below

Oh, everything is gorgeous once it's gone.

The overdressed traveler betrays more interest in being seen than in seeing, while the true traveler knows that the novel world about her serves as the most appropriate accessory.

The devil is a very big angel, but a very little man.

Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people.

The underlying principle of all Satan’s tactics is deception. He is a crafty and clever camouflager.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Every time someone turns on a TV, I go in the other room and read.

As we enter into the 110th Congress, it is imperative that we address ethics reforms needed to make this institution run correctly.

Your wealth is hiding under the very thing you are afraid to do. It's time to face your fears and take action. Expect Miracles.

Whatever happens is going to happen, whether you're sitting by the phone anxious and worried about it or not.

A library is where ideas sleep between covers, waiting for you to discover them.

God invites us today to live a great story with Him.

I'm far more relaxed with German. I'm a control freak. I like to know exactly who's saying and doing what.