Charity is ... a universal remedy against discord, and an holy cement for mankind.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

He had a body that begged to be painted…with chocolate.

Writing is 90% struggle. The other 10% is up to you.

I use a lot of film images, analogies, and imagination.

What we remember is probably fiction anyway.

I always liked Mitt Romney. He looks like the salesman who follows you around at Brooks Brothers.

Inspiration is hogwash. My work comes directly out of my loves and hates. Muses don't whisper in my ear, and ideas don't flow over my body like a cool rain.

Yes, I love to play drums and bass and guitar and piano. Those are the main instruments I play. That is it.

Whereas the slums in Hamburg are the slums of its sailors, Berlin is a big slum.

An agreement cannot be the result of an imposition.

In our relationships, how much can we allow them to become new, and how much do we cling to what they used to be yesterday?