Surely the church is a place where one day's truce ought to be allowed to the dissensions and animosities of mankind.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

Running an expedition can bring out the worst in a man. It can make you a power-crazed monster.

Never regret trusting someone. It proves you have a heart. But if he turns out to be a lying worm ... I'm not going to waste my time crying. Because I am way too fabulous for that.

If I can send you a sign, I will.

Bats drink on the wing, like swallows, by sipping the surface, as they play over pools and streams.

In general, the greater the understanding, the greater the delusion; the more intelligent, the less sane.

May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!

My first crush was my brothers best friend.

I've been going through photos of my mother, looking back on her life and trying to put it into context. Very few people age gracefully enough to be photographed through their aging.

I've always thought of science fiction as being, at some level, a 19th-century business.

Do not quarrel with the world too soon; for, bad as it may be, it is the best we have to live in, here. If railing would have made it better, it would have been reformed long ago.