From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.

I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.

where are the snowdens of yesteryear?

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

[They] agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.

You know, that might be the answer - to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That's a trick that never seems to fail.

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

But how can one be warm alone?

To get here had been painful, but for once in my life I felt free.

Never let the sadness of your past and the fear of your future ruin the happiness of your present.

Unlike Woody Allen, I would be happy to be part of any (poetry) club that would have me.

Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear.

Love's never a fair trade.

You load 16 tons, and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go. I owe my soul to the company store.

The ethical person should do more then he is required to do, and less than he is allowed to.

...trade the life of self pity, that I was living, for a life of purpose! - Rebekah -

In my time, we served with noble and ethical leaders: Gerry Ford, Bob Michael, John Rhodes, men of impeccable honesty. We didn't have anybody locked up for a violation of ethics.

Dig deep into your heart, where the answer spreads its roots in your being, and ask yourself solemnly, Must I write?