Constant happiness is the philosopher's stone of the soul.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

I wasn’t reading poetry because my aim was to work my way through English Literature in Prose A–Z.But this was diff

The survival of religion is on the basis of torture and punishment

Systems die instincts remain.

There are lots of authentic, moving characters in so-called systems novels, just as there are certainly deep structural ideas in some character-driven novels.

What is pity but the vice of kindness.

My generation had Doris Day as a role model, then Gloria Steinem--then Princess Diana. We are the most confused generation.

My two biggest influences are Archie comics and Dennis the Menace.

There's some people on the pitch... they think it's all over... it is now!

It is good to know that out there, in a forest in the world, there is a cabin where something is possible.

Fools are in great demand, especially on social occasions. They embarrass everyone but provide material for conversation. In their positive form, they become diplomats.