Memory is set up to use the past to imagine the future.

Memory is not a simple replay. The bits of information that we recover from the past are often influenced by our knowledge, beliefs and feelings.

Memory's vices are also its virtues, elements of a bridge across time that allows us to link the mind with the world.

Truth is irrelevant

Any book which inspires us to lead a better life is a good book.

A dog might feel as majestic as a lion, might bark as loud as a roar, might have a heart as mighty and brave as a Lion's heart, But at the end of the day, a dog is a dog and a lion is a lion.

Ideas do not always come in a flash but by diligent trial-and-error experiments that take time and thought.

If you want to work for the kingdom of God, and to bring it, and enter into it, there is just one condition to be first accepted. You must enter into it as children, or not at all.

We rarely grow when we're happy, we grow when we hurt.

Not every man has shoes, so reduce the number of shoes at your home till every man has at least one!

The Constitution admittedly has a few defects and blemishes, but it still seems a hell of a lot better than the system we have now.

When you had to do something, you had to do it. And eventually, if you were lucky, you did it well.

All I can do is write about whatever grabs me.