Never let a beautiful woman pick your path for you when there is a man in her line of sight

If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way.

The Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation almost anyone will believe almost anything.

Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed.

We reap a reward merely in the act of helping others. We never know how, or if, that reward will come back to us. Helping is the reward; none other is needed nor better.

Once you place that crown of liar on your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.

Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.

Knowing when to fight is just as important as knowing how.

When the whole world is crazy, it doesn't pay to be sane.

Fate occasionally touches us all in ways we don't always understand.

The light of a new day always chases the shadows of the night away, and shows us that the shape of our fears is only the ghost of our own minds.

Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there's a lot of subtlety. That's what I'm proud of.

I'm an agnosto-theist. I cross myself on airplanes. I pray when I'm sick. When you're sick I'll keep you in my thoughts; when I'm sick, I'm entreating a higher power.

Autumn. Pretty leaves, pumpkin pie and sweaters. Perfect weather for reading. Winter is great but I hate shoveling.

Research must continue to be the centerpiece of intellectual life, and our commitment to research must grow, because our problems are growing.

...when I accept Christ as my Savior... I am immediately in a new and living relationship with each of the three persons of the Trinity.

Life is a lot like jazz. It's best when you improvise.

Obedience leads to true freedom. The more we obey revealed truth, the more we become liberated.

If you do not believe yourself no one else will.

One can't live on love alone; and I am so stupid that I can do nothing but think of him.