Conceptually, we may call truth what we cannot change; metaphorically, it is the ground on which we stand and the sky that stretches above us.

It's not necessary to go far and wide. I mean, you can really find exciting and inspiring things within your hometown.

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men and women stand as a vanguard against abuse.

Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.

One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive.

There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil.

I would like to show the world today as an ant sees it and tomorrow as the moon sees it.

Misery teaches you the value of joy. It reveals to you the gravitas of human life.

This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society.

I have won many trophies in my time, but nothing will ever top helping win the battle for peace in my country.

It's important to find one that complements your body and not try to fit into something that doesn't work.

I love having Phil [Robertson] in the kitchen! Not only is he a great cook, but it means less work for me!

I guess no one stays friends for more than thirty years without broken hearts along the way.

You have your personal life and you have work life; when it's combined, it's difficult.

The drying up a single tear has more, of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore.

You don’t like people who have money, do you? (Astrid) I’m not prejudiced against anyone, princess. I hate everyone equally. (Zarek)

A professional football team warms up grimly and disparately, like an army on maneuvers: the ground troops here, the tanks there, the artillery and air force over there.