The Law is a lie, and through it men lie most shamelessly.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

The most beautiful stories always start with wreckage.

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

It is so much easier to live placidly and complacently. Of course, to live placidly and complacently is not to live at all.

The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.

There's only one way to make a beginning, and that is to begin; and begin with hard work, and patience, prepared for all the disappoint­ment s.

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

If the sound of happy children is grating on your ears, I don't think it's the children who need to be adjusted.

We belong to Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour.

Find the gifts of goodness or service you have agreed to bring forth to the world and then start sharing those gifts as quickly as possible with as many souls as possible.

All we ask for is registration, just like we do for cars.

The concept of absurdity is something I'm attracted to.

I've had years of teasing about my red hair, but I definitely think it toughened me up. If you're ginger, you end up pretty quick-witted.

Anger or hate can be a useful motivating force

With constant repetition and reinforcement, new habits are easily formed.

Sometimes we are looked upon as people who speak only of prohibitions. Nothing could be further from the truth!

The acquisition of knowledge always involves the revelation of ignorance-almost is the revelation of ignorance.