His (the theologian) basic instinct of self preservation forbids him to respect reality at any point or even to let it get a word in.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

I don't pray really, because I don't want to bore God.

People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite.

If all fools wore white hoods, any crowd would look like a field of blooming buckwheat.

O to be in finland/ now that russia's here)

My buildings are all on budget.

The meaning ... of a writer will be found not just in what he intends to say, or what he does literally say, but in the effect of his writing on living beings.

Many marriage tragedies are caused, not by lack of money, but rather by the mismanagement of it.

Freedom requires religion just as religion requires freedom.

The best part about being a teacher is that it matters. The hardest part about being a teacher is that it matters every day.

We have no excuse to deviate from the paths of righteousness. If we hold fast to the iron rod, we cannot be deceived.