I kissed fate on the cheek and she spat in my face.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

I lend people money, but I'd never lend something that would jeopardise a friendship if I didn't get it back.

This is why I had children: to offer them a perfect dream of childhood that can fill their souls as they grow older.

When I hit the skins they all say, 'Damn Kane... You knock out the Bush like a presidential campaign!'

To tolerate is to insult.

When you're timid, you're just thinking of yourself! Think of the other person - put him at ease, get him a drink.

You can't do BIG things when you think "little".

I advocate for protecting the liberty of the net, and securing privacy. I argue against people who believe both are somehow given automatically. They're not.

I believe it to be perfectly possible for an individual to adopt the way of life of the future. . . without having to wait for others to do so.

Let me tell you something. Nobody goes to jail unless they want to. Unless they make themselves get caught. They don't have things organized.

"We've devoted our lives to learning about them!" Miro said. Ender stopped. "Not from them."