Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire emotion and knowledge.

Science is nothing but perception.

Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

Wherever you walk, stand or sit, do it with self-confidence and be firmly convinced: I am a singer! Being tentative is one of the deadly theatre sins.

Most people don't read books, but when they do, mine are the first, and that's enough for me.

Thou shalt not submit thy god to market forces.

The Cold War is over but Cold War thinking survives.

No man can be a sound lawyer in this land who is not well read in the ethics of Moses and the virtues of Jesus.

I choose roles that are not me.

With the crime novels, its delightful to have protagonists I can revisit in book after book. Its like having a fictitious family.

I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.

I love heels, I'm telling you. When I walk in flats, I get knee pain.

Down in adoration falling, Lo! the sacred Host we hail; Lo! o'er ancient forms departing, Newer rites of grace prevail; Faith for all defects supplying, Where the feeble senses fail.