Made a sketch later on the cabin verandah, but it was impossible to keep up with the changes. Oh the difficulties of mountain art for too little genius.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

They say that if you're afraid of homosexuals, it means that deep down inside you're actually a homosexual yourself. That worries me because I'm afraid of dogs.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

I don't know the difference between a hippie and a hipster but, it's fun to watch either one of them get beat up.

Yeah man, they call gambling a disease, but it's the only disease where you can win a bunch of money.

Trust means you anchor your heart in the reality of God's awareness of your situation.

Intruding upon a dimension rightfully ours, modern medicine robs us of the dignity of what people in the past regarded as most precious: that final moment of death.

For this was Christmas, which had always been a time of magic, to him and to all the world.

At the end of the day, when you are in the front office, your tenure is dictated by the people surrounding you.

The decisions that you make and the actions that you take upon the earth are the means by which you evolve.

Instrument flying is an unnatural act probably punishable by God.

If we all discharge our duties, rights will not be far to seek. If leaving duties unperformed we run after rights, they will escape us like a will-o'-the-wisp.

Americans will be amazed to find ho many of the modern dance steps are relics of the African heritage.

But they are not going to take on Big Oil because Big Oil is very generous at campaign time, and this is all about the elections. They want to pretend that they are doing something meaningful.

My ambition is not to be just a good fighter. I want to be great, something special.

She's my teacher, my adviser, my greatest inspiration.