That action is best which procures the greatest happiness.

Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.

The ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the universal good; and when one's acting in a certain manner has this tendency he has a right thus to act.

Unalienable rights are essential limitations to all governments.

God lets everything happen for a reason. It's all a learning process, and you have to go from one level to another.

You're sort of forced to include this aspect of culture into your life whether it be for social reasons or business purposes.

Two things make a relationship providential: when we hear from God through someone and when we see God in someone.

Damn the age. I'll write for antiquity.

You are offered a piece of bread and butter that feels like a damp handkerchief and sometimes, when cucumber is added to it, like a wet one.

The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture finished and put inside boxes.

Hopefully people are upset for the reason I want them to be upset. Even when I was doing open mics, I've always had people upset. I've never been the consummate crowd-pleaser.

The low-hanging fruit is cynicism and pessimism, and it's there if you want it. You can reach out and you can grab it, you don't even have to make any effort.

One cannot serve this Eros without becoming a stranger in society as it is today; one cannot commit oneself to this form of love without incurring a mortal wound.

Chris Huhne is a remarkably successful and powerful minister