The feeble soul merely whines and complains.

It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.

Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.

I have been the victim of heartless malice.

Mankind adores its betrayers, and murders its saviors.

I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other.

It is inevitable, that eventually the people will demand absolute security from the state... And absolute security is absolute slavery.

A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government.

Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.

Corrupt citizens breed corrupt rulers, and it is the mob who finally decides when virtue shall die.

Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.

How terrible, " said Eragon, "to die alone, separate even from the one who is closest to you."

My limits know me well enough to stay out of my way.

As a society, we've become terrified of failure, but you can't grow without risking it.

Grace is not something for which I must look in my heart. It is in the heart of God.

Singing is really where I got my start in church.

The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.

I'm really attracted to authors who take on really tricky material with a very open mind and take a subject matter that you wouldn't think would be a comedy.

I didn't come after Elvis and Dylan, I've been around always. But if I see or meet a great artist, I love 'em.

That painter who has no doubts will achieve little.

Some people have an inner child that speaks to them. I have an inner old man who just yells random [stuff] at me all day.