We are all puppets in the hands of fate and seldom see the strings.

There's time enough, but none to spare.

Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards.

Impossibilities are merely things of which we have not learned, or which we do not wish to happen.

As man sows, so shall he reap. In works of fiction, such men are sometimes converted. More often, in real life, they do not change their natures until they are converted into dust.

Race prejudice is the devil unchained.

We sometimes underestimate the influence of little things

I think I must write a book. It has been my cherished dream and I feel an influence that I cannot resist calling me to the task.

Sins, like chickens, come home to roost.

We make our customs lightly; once made, like our sins, they grip us in bands of steel; we become the creatures of our creation.

The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our kind, and the next we see in them the reflection of the divine image.

Success is not about impressing and pleasing everyone, but setting your own goals, and achieving them in your own time.

All that is popular is not always right. All that is right is also not always popular. Somewhere in between, lies all that is real!

No matter what people are struggling with, or based on whatever. Sexuality, ethnicity, economic status, size. I don't wish smallness for anyone. It's a terrible place to live.

Man has learned to cope with all questions of importance without recourse to God as a working hypothesis.

I don't like top hats, white ties, and tails.

Culture has become one of the last elements of our identity. We have to act in favor of cultural diversity abroad as well as at home, we need strong cultural diplomacy but we have to create it.

Those who tell you it's tough at the top have never been at the bottom.

Nothing is everything that doesn't happen at this very moment.

I was so unhealthy as a child, and at least three or four times my parents were told to get ready, that I would not make it.

Writing is communication, not self-expression. Nobody in this world wants to read your diary except your mother.