They opposed brute force to reason and philosophy, and battalions of foreign mercenaries to ideas. As if ideas were to be impaled on bayonets!

He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.

Thirstily he set it to his lips, and as its cool refreshment began to soothe his throat, he thanked Heaven that in a world of much evil there was still so good a thing as ale.

Regret of neglected opportunity is the worst hell that a living soul can inhabit.

I am very poor - for a know nothing, understand nothing. It is not a calamitous condition until it is realized.

Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish.

...it is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.

Truth is so often disconcerting.

To do what you imply would require nothing short of divine intervention. You must change man, not systems.

Only he who is without anything is without enemies.

There remained the sea, which is free to all, and particularly alluring to those who feel themselves at war with humanity.

I stared up at the sky and raised my middle finger, just in case God was watching. I don't like being spied on.

If every action has an equal and opposite reaction, then the opposite of giving is receiving!!!!! Give maximum appreciation and you will equally receive!!!!

Strong determination makes the distination shine.

I heard the little bird say so.

Yes, I backed the hula hoop. And I had a lot of other people come to me with ideas that turned out well

If our core belief is based on what other people think, then we eventually will allow their opinions to become our reality.

I don't think that I had any idea that 'Fear of Flying' would become a part of the culture. I had no idea that it would go all over the world and be published in Chinese and Serbo-Croat and so on.

The truth I know for sure is that god is the creator of all things. And to not take ourselves too seriously.

The word surrender sounds horrible to one who wants to enjoy his senses but very sweet to one who has a humble heart.

I've always been worried about people who are willing to work for nothing. Sometimes that's all you get from them, nothing.