It seems that the analysis of character is the highest human entertainment. And literature does it, unlike gossip, without mentioning names.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.

Two important things are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness, I've discovered, is everything.

A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise... Because this is how life is full of surprises.

In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see oppression vividly when they're the victims. Otherwise they victimize blindly and without a thought.

As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.

We must believe in free will - we have no choice.

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

There will never be any peace in the world as long as we eat animals.

I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.

Why won't you drown?" he wailed, pummeling me with his fists."I'm Poseidon's son, " I said."Curse that upstart! I was here first!

Words are feminine deeds are masculine.

We don't look at teachers as scholars the way they do in Europe. In Spain you're called a professor if you're a high school teacher, and they pay teachers - they pay teachers in Europe.

Many of us spend more time on the C's of life than on the A's of life. Don't allow trivial things to crowd out the important ones.

My dream was to be either a volleyball player or a veterinarian.

Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together.

We should always pray for help, but we should always listen for inspiration and impression to proceed in ways different from those we may have thought of.

You become what you focus on and like the people you spend time with.

Laziness is a programmers main virtue.

To honor him whom we have made is far from honoring him that hath made us.