To grow up is to wonder about things

All writers steal from their own lives.

I knew I could not maintain that leadership in open struggle against Moscow influence. Only two Communist leaders in history ever succeeded in doing this - Tito and Mao Tse-Tung.

Security is elusive. It's impossible. We all die. We all get old. We all get sick. People leave us. People change us. Nothing is secure.

Bowling is not a sport because you have to rent the shoes.

In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of our normal sensibility.

There is no western, capitalistic country in which the conditions of the masses have not improved in an unprecedented way.

If we were able to see God's image in our neighbor, do you think weapons and generals would be needed?

Lance Armstrong has no place in cycling.

There are endless treasures of grace waiting for those who will make even the most feeble attempts to pray. The weakest prayers yield grace.

I am dead. Only vengeance can restore me! Only victory can return my life to me!