Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

Circumvent negative influences, circumstances and people.

No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate.

What we've done, it seems to me, is allow women to get older, but not to age.

What I did was pour out about a gallon of Chanel Number Five and put a burning wedding invitation to it, and boom, I'm recycling.

There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience.

Any act in the name of God returns 10 fold.

The temptation to add features to a program must be resisted as strongly as possible. This requires the dedication of a saint

War is like government, a matter of tact.

In dialogue, individuals gain insights that simply could not be achieved individually.

We are like coral animals embedded in a technological reef of extruded psychic objects...All our tool-making implies our belief in an ultimate tool.