He lay in his stony crypt like his own corpse, hardly breathing, his heart hardly beating - and yet lived as intensively and dissolutely as ever a rake had lived in the wide world outside.

...talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything.

He succeeded in being considered totally uninteresting. People left him alone. And that was all he wanted.

People left him alone. And that was all he wanted.

When they finally did dare it, at first with stolen glances and then candid ones, they had to smile. They were uncommonly proud. For the first time they had done something out of Love.

He had withdrawn solely for his own personal pleasure, only to be near to himself. No longer distracted by anything external, he basked in his own existence and found it splendid.

He had escaped the abhorrent taint! He was truly completely alone! He was the only human being in the world!

And he wallowed in disgust and loathing, and his hair stood on end at the delicious horror.

That was bliss. Being cared for. Wanted. Feeling so necessary to someone’s existence that there was no place for the loneliness inside her.

When you learn not to want things so badly life comes to you.

The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic.

The one thing I wished for my children is that they'd be readers.

The real potential of electricity lies not in providing social amenities but in stimulating long-term economic development

The Pledge clearly acknowledges the fact that our freedoms in this country come from God, not government.

Where I come from, a lot of people didn't have money, but they didn't have gangs or drugs either.

What have we done to the world?....... Look what we've done.

...you have no idea how mentally handicapped I could be if push comes to shove.