Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.

Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

A true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

God has individuals He has positioned for His purpose and to be used as His vessel at different time and season.

We want to make good time, but for us now this is measured with the emphasis on "good" rather than on "time"....

The whole purpose of propaganda is to make the obvious seem obscure, or offensive

Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or prison.

Life is bearable even when it's unbearable: that is what's so terrible, that is the unbearable thing about it.

The real power, the power we have to fight for night and day, is not power over things, but over men

Templeton is as hot as you can be and still walk!

There are very few good judges of humor, and they don't agree.

This is Donald Trump. He wants to respond. You know how he is.

Because I don't see Virgin as a company but as a way of life and I fully enjoy it, I don't think I'll ever retire.