I show how much of the wars of religion involved Catholics killing Catholics, Lutherans killing Lutherans, and Catholic-Protestant collaboration. (Page 10 The Myth of Religious Violence)

You'll drive yourself crazy trying to control something that isn't yours to control. Let go. Free yourself. Allow your mind and energy to focus on something positive… to build something beautiful.

Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.

I did not mind the public criticism. That sort of thing has not changed any program I thought was good.

Nothing is as uplifting as standing before a great painting whether it was painted in 1505 or last Tuesday.

When someone is running for reelection in Texas, they're not looking for votes in California or New York.

I've always liked fashion, I've always made sure that I was dressed properly; the way I looked was always important to me.

I hope President-elect Trump will work with me and with the rest of the Senate to try to keep more jobs here in America.

By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.

Thou shalt not take anything on faith

I realised that reading was the key that opened the door to secret lands, strange places and the worlds behind other people's eyes.