One sign of an excellent speech? 'Can people repeat something they heard, word for word?'

I have never met an author who was sorry he or she wrote a book. They are only sorry they did not write it sooner.

Bullies are masters at holding others responsible for their misbehavior. Instead of claiming "the devil made me do it", they argue "You made me do it".

Mistakes are the doorway to discovery.

Occasional kindness does not cancel out cruelty. Hitting is never acceptable under any circumstances.

Mistakes are doorways to discovery.

Anyone who consistently makes you feel bad is not helping you get better.

A closed mouth gathers no feet.

If they can't repeat it, they didn't get it.

People don't want information; they want epiphanies.

It's hard to stay on purpose if we don't know what our purpose is.

God is great and God is good, " Lisa says. "But where are the Apache attack helicopters when you need them?

Peace does not demand that everyone like or want the same reality.

All propaganda must be popular and its intellectual level must be adjusted to the most limited intelligence among those it is addressed to.

Gardening is the only unquestionably useful job.

I realize I will never regain my anonymity but I can certainly give it a try. And it's a lot of fun to give it a try.

To be a great autocrat you must be a great barbarian.

Not one word, not one gesture of yours shall I, could I, ever forget.

Oh you who have been removed from God in his solitude by the abyss of time, how can you expect to reach him without dying?

Everyone praises the views you get from mountain tops, but no one talks about the views that they block.

The small Hitlers are around us every day.