Very young children love and demand stories, and can understand complex matters presented as stories, when their powers of comprehending general concepts, paradigms, are almost nonexistent.

Life’s opportunities are meant to be utilized and explored

That's gotta be one of the principles behind reality. Accepting things that are hard to comprehend, and leaving them that way.

God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things.

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.

Marriage is indeed a maneuvering business.

All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.

I was home schooled in high school but was definitely the nerd in middle school.

What are the best things and the worst things in your life, and when are you going to get around to whispering or shouting them?

It will help erase the idea that politics is a second-rate profession and a dirty business.

When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling.