First drafts don’t have to be perfect. They just have to be written.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

You must write as if Dostoyevsky himself will be reading your novel, and Shakespeare will be acting it out.

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

And I'll be a witch in hell before I let someone hurt my dogs.

It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal.

Morally, a philosopher who uses his professional competence for anything except a disinterested search for truth is guilty of a kind of treachery.

Most companies don't have the luxury of focusing exclusively on innovation. They have to innovate while stamping out zillions of widgets or processing billions of transactions.

Everyone can reach his goal, if he can think, wait and fast.

...Skyscraper National Park

I was feeling real good and real manly. Until a real cowboy walked by and told me I had my hat on backwards. So much for my career as a cowboy.

When I write fiction, I create characters whose views are not my own, and I allow them to be eloquent in defense of their, not my, views.