Everywhere I go I see increasing evidence of people swirling about in a human cesspit of their own making.

It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be entirely wrong. We can only make them right by discussion.

Every nation sincerely desires peace; and all nations pursue courses which if persisted in, must make peace impossible.

The evil was not in either ideal; the evil was in the attempt to impose that ideal by force upon others.

The greatest service we can do the common man is to abolish him and make all men uncommon.

What could be a more Canadian way to indulge in the national preoccupation with perceptions - honest, hilarious, huffy or high-minded - of this country and its inhabitants?

God has made Canada one of those nations which cannot be conquered and cannot be destroyed, except by itself.

It's impossible to notice how blessed you are if you are always focusing on your weaknesses and obstacles.

When it has finished saying it, it no longer is. The longer it is in saying it, the more it can say it at length, the more slowly it melts, the better quality it is.

Never fly anything that doesn't have the paint worn off the rudder Pedals.

For me, almost always, the answer was cake.

How to begin the journey? You need only to take the first step. When? There is always now.

To see the best before I have properly begun would be somewhat premature.

Don't look for the meanings; look for the use.

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-violent structure of society.

Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow.

I don't believe in devils. Indifference and misunderstandings can create evil situations. Most of the time, people who appear to be evil are really victims of evil deeds.