The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men and women stand as a vanguard against abuse.

Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.

One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive.

There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.

Enjoy every step you take. If you're curious, there is always something new to be discovered in the backdrop of your daily life.

The great pagan sadness of modern man is largely due to his premonition of ultimate disaster.

I descended into solitude so thick that conversations with repairmen became anxious social occasions.

God gave me a great body and it's my duty to take care of my physical temple.

In the far upper corner of my altar is a photo of Joan Crawford in her most fierce Mommy Dearest mode, just to remind me of some of the cost of everyone's hard-earned sweetness and light.

Term insurance is temporary, but your problem is permanent.

Welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club!

I always kid the president in different circumstances. Mr. President, a country's never going to be more optimistic than the president.

I play to all people, and I play to people not governments, and I believe strongly that all people are peaceful and would want peace.

I'm reading and trying to find a television show that I really like, so I can start really working again and gain some momentum.