People who believe that justice is a pendulum are willing to swing it wildly.

Don't waste time making enemies. As long as you're active, you'll have plenty.

The easiest way to be inscrutable is to be completely straightforward and honest. Then no one will be able to figure out what you’re up to.

It is hard for people to think clearly because their emotional needs keep getting in the way. The trick is to make thinking clearly an emotional need.

Darwinian evolution has obviously not had enough time to work.

Revolutionary behavior and violence are usually only indulged in when people are at their wits’ end. So social stability depends a lot on how long their wits are.

Even if God had created us, He would never have admitted it.

Laws should act as the lower limits of acceptable behavior, not as a guide to noble action.

One of the great things about anarchy is that it’s hard to get it organized.

Resorting to lying or cheating in any competition amounts to conceding defeat.

I'm sorry. I know you loved her. It was hard not to.

Nonviolence is a way of life, where the task is to awaken the underlying goodness of every human being.

Men so often became stubborn when they didn't get their way with the ladies in their lives.

Sleep is the multiplier of energy.

Now and then there comes a crash of thunder in a storm, and we look up with amazement when he sets the heavens on a blaze with his lightning.

People don't get a chance to think, "Why am I a consumer?" Because the decisions come at them so fast and furiously, they're not [even] given time to think, I am a consumer.

I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.

It's a very important skill set for an actor to be able to bring the humor into any moment, whether you're doing drama or comedy.

If a girl comes into your arms, that's pretty romantic.

I think the older you get the harder it is to [lose] probably. Your metabolism slows down, whatever, but I'm a pretty active person.