Evil can be condoned only if in the beyond it is compensated by good and god himself needs immortality to vindicate his ways to man.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone, somewhere is making a penny.

life weighs heavy upon my shoulders and patience starts wearing thin, it is divine hope and dreams which sustain me, pushing me forth against the wind.

Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.

It is only perfection in the foundations that can lead to mastery of the whole...'Talent is Work'

Thankfulness and gratitude are the foundation of character and being able to serve others.

In Europe art has to a large degree taken the place of religion. In America it seems rather to be science.

As soon as you give your heart to something new you will immediately be able to think in a way that is new.

What I like are films that take me seriously, that don't treat me as more stupid than I am.

I support building a soccer stadium in the District of Columbia, and I support investing public dollars to get it done.

Modern science kills God and takes his place on the vacant throne. Science is the sole legitimate arbiter of all relavent truth.