Marty, my mother used to say "Never get greedy with God." I think what she meant was "Don't dare ask for more if you already have what you need."

You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading.

Seize what's been handed you. Make smart decisions. Make decisions because life is a temporary situation.

You're a brave, brave girl, Tula" Gaby told her."I know", said the little girl. "I got it from you.

A philosopher is someone who promotes moral excellence, argues for moral excellence, and gets other people to behave morally and excellently based on those arguments.

Being happy is a requisite for longevity.

The thing about life, about change, is there are always lessons. Some are subtle, others not, and sometimes it takes being ripped out of your comfort zone to finally get it—then it’s transformative.

You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!

Those who would most scornfully repudiate Christianity as a mere "opiate of the people" have a contempt for the rich, that is, for all mankind except the poor.

The more we learn about the wonders of our universe, the more clearly we are going to perceive the hand of God.

The architecture of my sister's thinking, now phantom. I fall down stairs that are nothing but air.

Isn't this amazing? Clinton is getting $8M for his memoir, Hillary got $8M for her memoir. That is $16M for two people who for eight years couldn't remember anything.

You can never protect yourself 100%. What you do is protect your self as much as possible and mitigate risk to an acceptable degree. You can never remove all risk.

I don't remember being a keen reader, but apparently I was. My aunt told me that whenever I was teased for reading, I would say, "To each his own."