As I get older ... I become more convinced that good government is not a substitute for self-government.

The world is divided into people who do things and people who get the credit.

Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought.

Try, if you can, to belong to the first class. There's far less competition.

We judge ourselves by our motives and others by their actions.

Poetry is an act of peace. Peace goes into the making of a poet as flour goes into the making of bread.

Friendships like marriages are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.

People talk about computer programmers as if computers are our whole lives. That's simply not true.

Science is the only religion of mankind.

You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.

Fools, most linguists. Damn all to say in one language, so they learn another and say damn all in that.

Nice " Shane said. "I'm warming up to this bloodsucking thing Mikey." "No you're not." "Okay no I'm not but right now let's pretend I am.

To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.

Leave greatness to others. Become so small that no one can see you. This conviction results from growing devotion to the supreme reality.

God alone can deliver us from a life of meaningless activities.