If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain.

The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.

The true Mason always carries his working tools everywhere.

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

Too many people don't care what happens so long as it doesn't happen to them.

Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.

We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.

The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.

We can't have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.

Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

I didn't want to do it, ' Kiala said. 'The universe just kind of conspired to force me to make a fool of myself. It does that quite a lot, actually.

At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self.

Furthermore, he had beautiful eyes.

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.

I do not over-intellectualise the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story.

You need to have a home to go back to, whether it's a hotel room or a barn. It's only home when he's there.

Say to yourself: 'Living essentially to please others is a monumental mistake.'

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.

The brain has muscles for thinking as the legs have muscles for walking.

Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable. We cannot know at the outset how the relationship will affect us.