The only real struggle in the history of the world ... is between the vested interest and social justice.

Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now.

Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.

The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.

The aim of all education is, or should be, to teach people to educate themselves.

Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.

Material power that is not counterbalanced by adequate spiritual power, that is, by love and wisdom, is a curse

The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.

The absolute value of love makes life worth while, and so makes Man's strange and difficult situation acceptable. Love cannot save life from death; but it can fulfill life's purpose.

Write regularly, day in and day out, at whatever times of day you find that you write best. Don't wait till you feel that you are in the mood. Write, whether you are feeling inclined to write or not.

Believe me, for certain men at least, not taking what one doesn't desire is the hardest thing in the world.

Don’t talk to people you don’t want to talk to, and don’t talk about stuff you don’t want to talk about.

I know who I am, how I was. I don't want to know how I will be because nobody knows that.

It is a great bond to dislike the same things.

The bones of the skeleton which support the body can become the bars of the cage which imprison the spirit.

God endowed you with a glory when he created you, a glory so deep and mythic that all creation pales in comparison.

I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

You can write about anything for children as long as you've got humour.

One day, through the Rosary and the Scapular, Our Lady will save the world.

I'm sorry you're so unhappy as a person that you feel the need to say things that you would never understand [to a paparazzi]