Our patriarchal blessings are paragraphs from the book of our own possibilities.

Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.

School is a drill for the battle of life. If you fail in the drill you will fail in the battle.

Be yourself, but always your better self.

I would rather trust my child to a serpent than to a teacher who does not believe in God.

Let your first 'good morning' be to your Heavenly Father.

The truly educated man will always speak to the understanding of the most unlearned of his audience.

All our prayers are addressed in the handwriting of the heart.

There is no truth that has not its source in the Author of all truth.

Labor with the heart, when the heart is pure and true, is the noblest labor.

Say to your soul, 'Let no unclean thing enter here.'

So Santa Claus is bogus but Grim Reapers are the genuine article. What does that say about the world?

Any writer of horror needs to at least have a good, solid love of the genre. Also, good horror writers need to have a slightly twisted sense of humor. Without humor, horror just isn’t as good.

With your visualization intact, commit to act.

Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.

Hell was created for the devil and his angels. If you go, you are an intruder.

It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention.

New York City has become a place where it's not easy for the working class to even live.

The federal judiciary is unlike the other branches of government. And once confirmed, a federal judge serves for life. And there's no court above the Supreme Court.

Our identities are as fluid as our personal experiences are diverse.

All in all, Kirk's character is something I am very proud of.