Some people get a feeling of power from being unpleasant.

Maturity is the ability to sort the portions of truth from the accepted lies and self-deceptions that you have grown up with.

You can't stamp on people and not get hurt in return.

Population pressure is the ultimate cause of every war.

Brains are no good if you don't use them.

There's no reason to trade insults. We have our way of life and they have theirs. I wouldn't live as they do, but disrespect seems pointless. I'm sure there are good people among them.

Before defining what you want, know who you are.

Speak in your own voice about the things that matter to you.

A world without problems is an illusion, so is a world without solutions.

People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure.

Now in war we are confronted with conditions which are strange. If we accept them we will never win. Since being realistic, as in mundane combats fistic, We will get a bloody nose and that's a sin.

The luxury of ostentation affords a much less substantial and solid gratification, than the luxury of comfort, if I may be allowed the expression.

There's a thin line between genius and insanity - and I always get labelled as being the crazy one.

A plate of apples, an open fire, and a jolly good book are a fair substitute for heaven.

I think the kazoo and chocolate-chip cookies have a lot in common. All you need is a mouth to appreciate either one.

For such a time as this I was placed upon the earth. To hear the voice of God and do His will, whatever it is.