....Nature imposes nothing on you that Nature doesn't prepare you to bear.

One should be embarrassed to speak of God in the third person.

Bless me Father, I ate a lizard.

I'm not so sure he's mad, Father. Just a little devious in his sanity.

....to abuse the intellect for reasons of pride, vanity, or escape from responsibility, is the fruit of that same tree.

But neither infinite power nor infinite wisdom could bestow godhood upon men. For that there would have to be infinite love as well.

Listen, my dear Cors, why don't you forgive God for allowing pain? If He didn't allow it, human courage, bravery, nobility, and self-sacrifice would all be meaningless things.

That's where all of us are standing now, he thought. On the fat kindling of past sins.

Soon the sun will set'- is that prophecy? No, it's merely an assertion of faith in the consistency of events.

When you tire of living, change itself seems evil, does it not? for then any change at all disturbs the deathlike peace of the life-weary.

Because a doubt is not a denial. Doubt is a powerful tool, and it should be applied to history.

Under every stone lurks a politician.

Fights don't solve matters, they just make things worse. (Diary 19)

A higher rate of urgency does not imply ever-present panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually absent.

It is really a hard life. Men will not be nice to you if you are not good-looking, and women will not be nice to you if you are.

I've gotta believe in what my heart tells in me, even if it's a fake thing.

You've got to be careful smoking weed. It causes memory loss. And also, it causes memory loss.

Beautiful hours move so quickly.

The real problem is not the bad guys; it is that good guys have gone to sleep.

Successful people know they need to get many things done-and done effectively. Therefore, they concentrate their time and energy on doing one thing at a time-and on doing first things firs.

Being a screenwriter is not enough for a full creative life.