The more that you expect, the less happy you will be-- because if the expectations are realized you won't be grateful

Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists.

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe in something.

The idea that you earn things - that you earn respect, that you earn income, responsibility. the vote, punishment... these ideas are anathema to the liberal mind.

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

The vote, punishment... these ideas are anathema to the liberal mind

If we continue to teach about tolerance and intolerance instead of good and evil, we will end up with tolerance of evil.

Nothing guarantees more the erosion of character than getting something for nothing

Whatever the Left touches-- the arts; the economy; health care; the soul; religion-- it destroys or damages

Those who do not confront evil resent those who do.

Hamas is a terrorist organization dedicated to annihilating the Jewish state. It runs a theocratic totalitarian state in Gaza, with no individual liberty, and no freedom of speech or press.

Though we think we see different things from our windows, in reality we see the same things: Happiness and sorrow! All that is seen from every window!

We're only three class sessions in and I'm already behind? And to hear it from him? This buttoned-up Bible-thumper I can't get out of my head?

I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me.

This is a passion story: my passion, his, ours — yours.

Congressional leaders on the Republican side are hoping chief of staff is [Reince] Priebus. They see Priebus as somebody who they can clearly work with.

Nothing in the world is as certain as death.

We must not then depend alone upon the love of liberty in the soul of man for its preservation.

The sea is the vast reservoir of Nature. The globe began with sea, so to speak; and who knows if it will not end with it?

A new generation of more educated people started to be active. Then society required freedom, society demanded freedom.

Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her hand she bore.