We are all ordinary people. And it's the extraordinary people Who know it.

Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

Most people do kiss and tell

Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.

They do say that socialism is the ideal philosophy-just as long as you have capitalists to pay for it.

You know that if I were reincarnated, I’d want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or envies him or wants him or needs him. He is never bothered or in danger, and he can eat anything.

The fact that a reactionary can sometimes be right is a little less recognized that the fact that a liberal can be. . . .

The battle of being mortal is the battle to maintain the integrity of one's life.

I think the Enlightenment is leading us into a dark hole, really.

We are where we are, however we got here. What matters is where we go next.

Find what makes your heart sing and create your own music.

What every traveler confronts sooner or later is that the way we spend each day of our travel...is the way we spend our lives.