Man ... has an inborn religious sentiment that whispers of a God to his inmost soul, as a shell taken from the deep yet echoes forever the ocean's roar.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

I look upon Phrenology as the guide to philosophy and the handmaid of Christianity. Whoever disseminates true Phrenology is a public benefactor.

A house without books is like a room without windows.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.

There are just two ways in life..either you do it or you don't!!

Forgiveness makes humanity to survive in the hearts of the people.

I have no child to inherit my properties. You, the people, are my only family, and to make you happy is the reason I do politics.

The 'cash for clunkers' program was a big success in part because it gave people the sense that the economy was moving.

Don't waste your time trying to turn ducks into eagles. Hire people who already have the motivation and drive to be eagles and then just let them soar.

The literary scene is a kind of Medusa’s raft, small and sinking, and one’s instinct when a newcomer tries to clamber aboard is to step on his fingers.

As it acts in the world, the Tao is like the bending of a bow. The top is bent downward; the bottom is bent up. It adjusts excess and deficiency so that there is perfect balance.

I didn't push Cory. I wanted him to decide if he wanted to go into boxing and he did. Can't blame it on me.

A journalist also needs to be disciplined, and so do I. I am, essentially, lazy. Without discipline I'd be just a mass of gummy bears on the sofa instead of on book tour with my eighth novel.

My horses are my friends, not my slaves.