Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his.

God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.

I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.

When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.

The author should die once he has finished writing. So as not to trouble the path of the text.

Poker is a skill game pretending to be a chance game.

If I just produce the transparent ideal accepted by the Western experts, a process of privatization which will be very good but never happen, that means nothing.

When God made up this world of ours, He made it long and wide, And meant that it should shelter all, And none should be denied.

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.

What I know about Mike Tyson, I see in the boxing ring. As far as all of the gossip stuff that I hear about him, I know first hand to take that with a grain of salt.

Well, we have this place in Telluride, Colorado. Its somewhere I can just get away and relax and think.

I have always said I will try to answer questions honestly. I don't want to change that about myself. I think people appreciate that about me.

The difficulty is that we try to perfect others before we perfect ourselves.

My theory is that if you buy an ice-cream cone and make it hit your mouth, you can learn to play tennis. If you stick it on your forehead, your chances aren't as good.