Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.

Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so

I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.

I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

(She) didn't believe in resilience. She believed in imagination.

The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.

I am drawn to roles that are strong, intelligent, and a little edgy. With Complications, I navigate my character Samantha Ellison through some really emotionally challenging times.

Women apparently are quite drawn to men who have differences rather than similarities in their histocompatibility system. They pick it up by smell, and they can pick it up from kissing.

Knowledge is an addiction, as drink; knowledge does not bring understanding. Knowledge can be taught, but not wisdom; there must be freedom from knowledge for the coming of wisdom.

I go into meetings, and people have this preconceived notion of me that I didn't work hard to get where I am.

Sometimes when we're not paying attention, relation-ships happen. There is no rule that requires two people in love to be exactly alike.

A logical picture of facts is a thought.

We do good because it frees the heart. It opens us to a wellspring of happiness.