The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

Faith is not about finding meaning in the world, there may be no such thing -- faith is the belief in our capacity to create meaningful lives.

As long as we don't cut off our hearts, the inner workings of the universe illuminate before us.

When you admire the light, remember to give the darkness its due as well, because without it, the beauty of the light will disappear!

It is obvious that the greatest and most important service that is required of our agriculture under existing conditions is an enlarged production of the staple food crops.

Marrying a woman for her beauty makes no more sense than eating a bird for its singing. But it's a common mistake nonetheless.

I don't know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican.

Pedantry is properly the over-rating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to.

Great doubt will eventually lead to great awakening.

Things are only hopeless when you lose all hope.

Whenever I have had to write fiction, I've always had to invent a character who roughly has my background.