God split himself into a myriad parts that he might have friends. This may not be true, but it sounds good—and is no sillier than any other theology.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool.]

A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.

A woman is not property, and husbands who think otherwise are living in a dreamworld.

Never try to outstubborn a cat.

There is no conclusive evidence of life after death, but there is no evidence of any sort against it. Soon enough you will know, so why fret about it?

Be wary of strong drink, it can make you shoot at the tax collector...and miss.

History has the relation to truth that theology has to religion — ie., none to speak of

What you alter in the remembering has yet a reality, known or not.

Every life has a sound. A voice to be heard. A song to be sung. A note to be played.

All violence demands reform, and all violence desperately begs to be healed.

Well, because music is my life and music is not work for me.

But now we got weapons Of the chemical dust If fire them we're forced to Then fire them we must One push of the button And a shot the world wide And you never ask questions When God's on your side

Man's will is free in the sense that man can choose to do anything in keeping with his nature . . . Man's will is not free in that he is limited to his nature

...in respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself.

Where Google and [Buckminster] Fuller overlap are in the potential for putting together disparate technologies in ways that can lead to something that might be a larger solution to a larger problem.

For words of rapture groping, they"Never such love," swore "ever before was!"

A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart.