Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism.

The man who is most aggressive in teaching tolerance is the most intolerant of all: he wants a world full of people too timid and ashamed to really disagree with anything.

It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right.

If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place.

The weather is nature's disruptor of human plans and busybodies. Of all the things on earth, nature's disruption is what we know we can depend on, as it is essentially uncontrolled by men.

There's no need to curse God if you're an ugly duckling. He chooses those strong enough to endure it so that they can guide others who've felt the same.

One who enjoys finding errors will then start creating errors to find.

God gives His deepest discernment and sharpest marksmanship to men who aim to expose His truth before an enemy's lies.

The best ideas will eat at you for days, maybe even weeks, until something, some incident, some impulse, triggers you to finally express them.

Your love is as stable as you are: It's not about how good a person makes you feel, but rather what good you can do for them.

I think a lot of psychopaths are just geniuses who drove so fast that they lost control.

Saturday night is perfect for writers because other people have "plans.

I touched his face. "Look, " I said. "I love you more than everything else in the world combined. Isn't that enough?" "Yes, it is enough, " he answered, smiling. "Enough for forever.

It was hell to go through what I went through. I didn't know I had so many friends. Many people gave a damn about my situation. They helped cure me.

Love is one of the most subtle blessings that the All-Merciful One has bestowed upon humanity.

While [Bob] Dylan's folk fans thought he was selling out [in 1965-67], actually Dylan was lodging a stronger, deeper critique of American hypocrisy.

It's not me trying to act or pose in a certain way. It's a lifestyle - like a suaveness or a swag, per se.

You know, I hear all these things about women's rights.

Greed is normally balanced by fear.

Dissembling profiteth nothing; a feigned countenance, and slightly forged externally, deceiveth but very few.

It's the gravity that shapes the large scale structure of the universe, even though it is the weakest of four categories of forces