Footnotes -- little dogs yapping at the heels of the text

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.

Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

If you can change your mind, you can change your life.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.

Real servants don't try to use God for their purposes. They let God use them for His purposes.

Knowing your genetic health risks will help you make better decisions.

Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God.

No child's behind left.

Marriageable girls as well as mothers understand the terms and perils of the lottery called wedlock. That is why women weep at a wedding and men smile.

Fear's greatest weapon is its ability to blind one to anything. In its presence, we forget there are others to consider, things to save besides ourselves.

The British cinema had been very dull and conformist.

My uncles were all funny. My dad wasn't funny, but my uncles were all funny. Now I go back and I like him better than them, they were manipulative funny.

There are many things that were harder to discuss back in the 80's and early 90's than they are now, and this also works the opposite way for other things.

My juicer is not meant to squeeze lemons; it is meant to start conversations.

If you become a helper of hearts, springs of wisdom will flow from your heart.