God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them.

When money is seen as a solution for every problem, money itself becomes the problem.

People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.

The ghastly thing about postal strikes is that after they are over, the service returns to normal.

The seven ages of man: spills, drills, thrills, bills, ills, pills and wills.

The man who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more.

God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them.

Every woman needs one man in her life who is strong and responsible. Given this security, she can proceed to do what she really wants to do-fall in love with men who are weak and irresponsible.

To create a housing shortage in a huge country, heavily wooded, with a small population -- ah, that's proof of pure political genius.

I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption.

Love is a fever which marriage puts to bed and cures.

Fear is the chain still wrapped around a free man’s leg

The most beautiful road is the road you think it is the most beautiful road!

Our attention should be concentrated on God, instead of on what we wear.

Friends are thieves of time.

Going home to Australia, it's good to get home, but it's kind of bad too because you get used to that way of life again and you have to come back to America.

Christendom has had a series of revolutions and in each one of them Christianity has died. Christianity has died many times and risen again; for it had a God who knew the way out of the grave.

We are not accustomed to thinking that God's will for us and our own inner dreams can coincide.

Fascinating is a word I use for the unexpected, in this case I would think interesting would suffice.

To reach peace, teach peace.

In the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood.