But if we never acted except when we were certain our motives were pure, we would never act at all.

We of alien looks or words must stick together.

A writer lives, at best, in a state of astonishment. Beneath any feeling he has of the good or evil of the world lies a deeper one of wonder at it all.

Like all lawyers, I was delighted by gratitude. It happened so rarely.

In worshipping their nationhood men worship themselves and scorn others, and that is no healthy thing.

Truly, as the ancients taught us, there is nothing under the moon, however fine, that is not subject to corruption.

London is a bad habit one hates to lose.

If I knocked and waited at every door, who knows what I might miss?

It seems a universal rule in this world that people will always look for victims and scapegoats, does it not? Especially at times of difficulty and tension.

A Status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

It seems that they're playing with one leg tied together.

A central part of the torturer’s craft is to make his job easier by stripping the victim of protective dignity.

I know on which side my bread is buttered.

The familiar childhood admonition of 'counting to 10' before taking action works because it emphasizes the two key elements of anger management -- time and distraction.

When we surrender to His timing, He does mighty things in and for us, according to His will and His timing. God acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.

The mind's pleasures are made to calm the tempests of the heart.

There have not been children of comparable youth in the White House since the Kennedy era.

If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So now you groan 'neath slavery's heavy rod.

I'm intrigued and drawn to people who know exactly who they are, who know what they want, who live life on their own terms.

It's emotional blackmail to say if you're a good businesswoman and a musician, you're betraying your music.

Because Jesus came to secure for us what we could never secure for ourselves, life doesn't have to be a tireless effort to establish ourselves, justify ourselves, validate ourselves.