The happy ending is our national belief.

We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story.

Modern neurosis began with the discoveries of Copernicus. Science made men feel small by showing him that the earth was not the center of the universe.

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot understand (seeing nothing else to do) and understand what we cannot pardon.

Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the."

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

If someone tells you he is going to make a 'realistic decision', you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.

For self-realization, a rebel demands a strong authority, a worthy opponent, God to his Lucifer.

We are the hero of our own story.

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.

The unchangeable price of everything more precious and valuable is blood.

God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.

When both sides of a controversy revel in the defeat and humiliation of the other side, in fact they are on the same side: the side of war.

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.

We should be focused on making the world a better place, and once we do that, the money will come back and find us.

Self-love is always the mainspring, more or less concealed, of our actions; it is the wind which swells the sails, without which the ship could not go.

When you sleep in your cloak there 's no lodging to pay.

Divine love is the sublime boss of the universe.

Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.

Math, it's a puzzle to me. I love figuring out puzzles.