Even a foolish old woman like me knows that lazy people don't think for themselves; they only think about themselves.

If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way.

The Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation almost anyone will believe almost anything.

Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed.

We reap a reward merely in the act of helping others. We never know how, or if, that reward will come back to us. Helping is the reward; none other is needed nor better.

Once you place that crown of liar on your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.

Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.

Knowing when to fight is just as important as knowing how.

When the whole world is crazy, it doesn't pay to be sane.

Fate occasionally touches us all in ways we don't always understand.

The light of a new day always chases the shadows of the night away, and shows us that the shape of our fears is only the ghost of our own minds.

The mind, when it reaches its limits, must make a judgment and choose its conclusions. This is where suicide and the reply stand.

I'm a believer. I believe in the goodness of life. I believe in the brotherhood of mankind. I believe in humanity.

What did you see?' he asked then. Nothing,' I told him. 'Because nothing is what you wanted me to see, though the man on the table might disagree.

The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God.

- "Control what an interesting word for you to be dwelling on" - "I have other words" I scream the F-Word in my head, over and over again.

The best method for a given teacher is the one which is most familiar to the teacher.

What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow.

The politician being interviewed clearly takes a great deal of trouble to imagine an ending to his sentence: and if he stopped short? His entire policy would be jeopardized!

Man is the best mirror, and the purer the man, the more clearly he can reflect God.

The ultimate promise of technology is to make us master of a world that we command by the push of a button.