Repentance may be old-fashioned, but it is not outdated so long as there is sin.

The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god.

It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.

Life, for all its agonies...is exciting and beautiful, amusing and artful and endearing...and whatever is to come after it -- we shall not have this life again.

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counterfeit.

Finesse is the best adaptation of means to circumstances.

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.

So they left the subject and played croquet, which is a very good game for people who are annoyed with one another, giving many opportunities for venting rancor.

Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.

Everyone deserves what they choose to tolerate.

Peace is a very complicated concept. When the lion gobbles up the lamb and wipes his lips, then there's peace. Well, I ain't for that peace at all.

That's the only way we're going to get through these programs. That is true compassion. Having people become dependent on others is not compassion at all.

My parents were divorced when I was young. I was really brought up by my mother's side of the family.

I think girls are surprised when you actually really listen and then you call it back at the end of the night.

A lot of times you'll do a movie, and you'll be working with adults with families and kids and stuff. There's a level - you guys aren't going to be hanging out every second, you know?

Everything terrible is something that needs our love.

We fly; we dream in darkness; we devour heaven in bites too small to be measured.

I testify that each one of us can feel the Lord's inspiration as we live worthily and strive to serve Him.

An SF author who reads only SF will have little new to contribute, but someone with a broader experience will bring more to the table.