The world is an evil place to live in. Not for those who do evil, but for those who sit back and allow evil to occur.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

God is clever but not dishonest.

Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Ever hurt so bad you want to scream ... or scream so much it hurts.

Where did you get your sadness from? I picked it up on the side of the road. Itwas bleeding and scratched and keeninglike a mangled thing, but it looked toobeautiful for me to just walk away.

Everyone needs rules. After all, how can you break what doesn’t exist? Rules give anarchy something to aim at

Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for.

Only one accomplishment is beyond both the power and the mercy of the Gods. They cannot make the past as though it had never been.

The exchange by e-mail is more intimate than conversation - you allow yourself to say things you otherwise wouldn't.

The discovery of natural law is a meeting with God.

For who is pleased with himself.

As with Three Mile Island, the hysteria of the media and the political class over the Deepwater spill is likely to lead to increased risk and adverse environmental tradeoffs.

Everybody is presumed to know the law except His Majesty's judges, who have a Court of Appeal set over them to put them right.