If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it. No man is compelled to evil: his consent only makes it his. It is no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference to the individual's own spiritual experience is lost. (111)

Literature is a microscope

Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.

Love has the power to...cure, to heal, to calm, to change and to unite. Use this power often.

I enjoy doing everything, comedy and drama. I just look for the characters really and what they offer.

A revolution in itself is not a blessing.

I revise like crazy. I start revising before the pen hits the paper.

I spend a lot more time than any person should have to talking with lawyers and thinking about intellectual property issues.

We want you to express your point of view but without violence.

I am not concerned with verisimilitude... I am not concerned with capturing reality. I am concerned with creating it myself.