Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

I tell it stories now and then and feed it images like honey. I will not speculate today with poems that think they're money.

Your True Nature Is Love. There's Nothing You Can Do About It.

God ever arithmetizes.

The Pope is guarded by the Swiss guard who stand proudly in pajamas and silly hats.

If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase.

Of all natural forces, vitality is the incommunicable one. . . . Vitality never "takes." You have it or you haven't it, like health or brown eyes or a baritone voice.

Attention to detail and a perfectionist instinct, far from stimulating action, are character qualities that lead to renunciation. Better to dream than to be.

Every once in a while in an actor's life, a cast comes together.

A man can only be judged by his actions, and not by his good intentions or his beliefs.

Our deepest fear is judgment. Our deepest longing is love. The gospel of grace removes the one and provides the other.