I know that there is not in the world a more subtle poison than that which is extracted from and administered by books.

There is no allurement or enticement, actual or imaginary, which a well-disciplined mind may not surmount. The wish to resist more than half accomplishes the object.

Dare my guilty heart admit the horrible acknowledgement that I love you still?

The real opposition is that between the ego-bound man, whose existence is structured by the principle of having, and the free man, who has overcome his egocentricity.

By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life.

The desire to work with Burrows-Charles was really to change NBC's identity, to say, "We want to be in the sophisticated-adult-comedy business."

I think it's really important to create spiritual revolutionaries.

This is Christmas – the season of perpetual hope.

Judicious mothers will always keep in mind that they are the first book read, and the last put aside, in every childs library.

A change in leadership is required to produce a change in outcomes.

It is a woman's business to be interested in the environment. It's an extended form of housekeeping.

In the presence of death, no philosophy of life can feel triumphant!

FX does a great thing with its comedies where they give them a slow push out there.