Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story.

Modern neurosis began with the discoveries of Copernicus. Science made men feel small by showing him that the earth was not the center of the universe.

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot understand (seeing nothing else to do) and understand what we cannot pardon.

Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the."

If someone tells you he is going to make a 'realistic decision', you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.

For self-realization, a rebel demands a strong authority, a worthy opponent, God to his Lucifer.

We are the hero of our own story.

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.

most people did not care to be taught what they did not already know; it made them feel ignorant.

We must dare to be true to ourselves – to see ourselves as we really are.

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

Not surprisingly, the place we're most likely to experience testing is exactly where we struggle most to trust God.

You go through things sometimes that make you aware of the really good things in life.

I can't wait to be a mum for a bit. I'm always a mum, of course, but I want to be domesticated and be in my house and do the school runs and all that.

Justice, like vengeance, is not good eaten cold.

A business man's conversation should be regulated by fewer and simpler rules than any other function of the human animal. They are: Have something to say. Say it. Stop talking.

The one stream of poetry which is continually flowing is slang.

Glory, like the phoenix 'midst her fires, Exhales her odours, blazes, and expires.

But love is love. It makes you do terribly stupid things.