Isn't all religions curious? If they weren't you wouldn't get anyone to believe them.

That's the Irish all over -- they treat a joke as a serious thing and a serious thing as a joke.

There's nothing so passionate as a vested interest disguised as an intellectual conviction.

Politics - I don't know why, but they seem to have a tendency to separate us, to keep us from one another, while nature is always and ever making efforts to bring us together.

To me life is simply an invitation to live.

There's no reason to bring religion into it. I think we ought to have as great a regard for religion as we can, so as to keep it out of as many things as possible.

The whole worl's in a state o' chassis.

I ofen looked up at the sky an' assed meself the question - what is the stars, what is the stars?

I have found life an enjoyable, enchanting, active, and sometime terrifying experience, and I've enjoyed it completely. A lament in one ear, maybe, but always a song in the other.

So let us all who pray ask for what most of them need badly, a sense of humor to lighten their way through life, making it merrier for themselves and easier for others.

The secret to happiness is to find a congenial monotony.

If you cannot sleep, sing to your soul.

Try not to be like those who hunger for financial success without understanding the difference between their wants and needs.

Nobody's trying to kill you, Deirdre. You're killing yourself.

Justice and equity are twin Guardians that watch over men. From them are revealed such blessed and perspicuous words as are the cause of the well-being of the world and the protection of the nations.

It takes a minimum of six people, working in close harmony, to successfully flush a nautical toilet. That's why those old ships carried such large crews.

God doesn't just give us grace; He gives us Jesus, the Lord of grace.

Want to extinguish an adolescent's curiosity? Cover as much material as possible.

Getting away from being 'a good girl' is important because it's impossible to be a 'good girl' and a writer at the same time.

Every murder turns on a bright hot light, and a lot of people have to walk out of the shadows.

The West's sanctions are not aimed at helping Ukraine, but at geo-politically pushing Russia back. They are foolish and are merely harming both sides.