The moment was all we truly had: a succession of moments, a triumphal march of them, to create a life beyond compare.

The strong look for more strength, the weak for excuses.

I had a desire to see something besides my own shores, if only to be content to return to them someday. If I wish to live in my native land and love her, it should not be out of ignorance.

Kindness is stronger than iron bars.

The cure for a broken heart is simple, my lady. A hot bath and a good night's sleep.

Thus we use our supposed "knowledge" of others to speak on their behalf, and condemn them for their words we ourselves put in their silent mouths.

Boredom is that awful state of inaction when the very medicine - that is, activity - which could solve it, is seen as odious.

Yet we always envy others, comparing our shadows to their sunlit sides.

So I learned two things that night, and the next day, from him: the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of it.

Hope is a straw hat hanging beside a window covered with frost.

The most wicked criminals have God on their lips at all times, for God is the only one who can stomach them.

Happiness must preclude false indulgence and physic.

You're broke, eh?"I been shaking two nickels together for a month, trying to get them to mate.

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.

We will be protected by the great men and women of our military and law enforcement and, most importantly, we are protected by God.

History is nothing except monsters or victims. Or witnesses.

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later.

Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel.

Arrogance is actually just ignorance. Ignorance of what you really are in relation to the world-but most of all in relation to God.