They threaten me with lung cancer, and still I smoke and smoke. If they'd only threaten me with hard work, I might stop.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.

A hypochondriac is one who has a pill for everything except what ails him.

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.

The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.

We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might.

In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.

We choose those we like; with those we love, we have no say in the matter.

Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is.

Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers.

Killing is not so easy as the innocent believe.

Money is permission to live.

Lyall's face went deadpan as he relayed the details, as those who are tortured or raped will become when they retell the pattern of abuse

If fate means you to lose give him a good fight anyhow.

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

It is important that artists are not outside the equation, we don't stand on the sidelines. Artists are part of the story of a response, we cannot stand aside and let others make the response.

Having seen war, you obviously learned to hate war.

Living your purpose will require a HUGE amount of faith, courage, tenacity and perseverance.

Whoever gives reverence receives reverence.

The less unnecessary effort you put into learning, the more successful you'll be . . . Doing the wrong thing with more intensity rarely improves the situation.