It is the first law of practical courage. To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.

Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

You will be successful if you are focused on your work

It seemed to me that, no matter what endeavor I was involved in, I was to be something of a sham.

If a man write a better book preach a better sermon or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor though he build his house in the woods the world will make a beaten path to his door.

Because you told me you don't have feelings for me anymore, and you see, that's very akward, because I still have them for you. And I bet you know it.

To rein a kingdom efficiently it is necessary, before all, to put into good order the family. It's impossible for a man who doesn't know how to lead his own family to know how to lead a country.

I hate being away, but I understand that for me, that's where the work, the stories are.

People are usually afraid to say what's on their mind.

The things she most wanted to tell him would lose their meaning the moment she put them into words.

The U.S. cannot impose freedom, security, and unity in Iraq by force.

Self-reliance is the key to a vigorous life. A man must look inward to find his own answers.