Too many people don't care what happens so long as it doesn't happen to them.

The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.

The true Mason always carries his working tools everywhere.

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.

We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.

The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.

We can't have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.

Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.

She had realized that she was not as weak and helpless as thought she had been – she was willing to fight for her dreams and do whatever was necessary to make them come true.

What do you want?""You." His voice was soft, low. His eyes were intense and watchful.

I'm drawn to doing interesting stuff at work. And some of the time with the supernatural, you get to do really crazy, fun things. But I'm not a big genre-fantasy gal, particularly.

Read the sacred writings of all the peoples on Earth. Through all of them runs, like a red thread, the hidden Science of attaining and maintaining wakefulness.

I've never been a sunny personality. I've never been outgoing. I'm a solitary person.

One cannot be able in life by fearing to live.

The forehead is the gate of the mind.

No flower wants to be at home when it is raining outside!

I am trying to present objects in the simplest way possible, and I don't want to supply too much context.

America is a wonderful country! I mean it! No honest writer would challenge that statement! The human comedy never runs out of material! it never lets you down!