The party out of office becomes the articulate one.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

Touch with your heart more than with your hands.

Time in the turning-over of days works change for better or worse.

Christianity if false is not important. If Christianity is true however it is of infinite importance. What it cannot be is moderately important.

It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age he had been dead for two years.

You can only do what ONLY YOU can do. Do that. The universe will configure around your very best efforts. Willingly.

Even the good angels, I think, would inspire in humans some sort of fear.

The wages of sin are an expensive infection.

God Who delivers us from the guilt of sin through faith in Jesus Christ, is able to deliver the believer from the power of sin as well.

In Hollywood films everything is tidied up at the end with clean lines and clean character definitions. It's sort of unsatisfying.

Americans have two ardent passions; the love of liberty, and love of distinction.