God has made Canada one of those nations which cannot be conquered and cannot be destroyed, except by itself.

It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be entirely wrong. We can only make them right by discussion.

Everywhere I go I see increasing evidence of people swirling about in a human cesspit of their own making.

Every nation sincerely desires peace; and all nations pursue courses which if persisted in, must make peace impossible.

The evil was not in either ideal; the evil was in the attempt to impose that ideal by force upon others.

The greatest service we can do the common man is to abolish him and make all men uncommon.

What could be a more Canadian way to indulge in the national preoccupation with perceptions - honest, hilarious, huffy or high-minded - of this country and its inhabitants?

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don't want handouts and don't much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.

Even though I found you on an ordinary day, it felt like I found a precious pearl in an oyster when I deep dived into the sea. Baby, you are really that precious to me.

The day is dark and cold and dreary; it rains, and the wind is never weary.

The child, in fact, once he feels sure of himself, will no longer seek the approval of authority after every step.

I'm who I was waiting for. I didn't make it.

Every writer knows the terror of an unexpected success. How to carry on? How to repeat it?

I've been a member of some good gyms in the past. I love a good spinning class; I love a good aerobics class.

I'm not really a religious person. But I believe that God wants me to do something and it has to do with Thug Life.