We pass our life in deliberation, and we die upon it.

The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.

Anger causes us often to condemn in one what we approve in another.

A just person knows how to secure his own reputation without blemishing another's by exposing his faults.

Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon the rights of others.

Men are; more inclined to ask curious questions than to obtain necessary instruction.

There is no greater punishment than that of being abandoned to one's self.

Care may acquire wealth, which, when acquired, care must guard and worry about.

Charity is an eternal debt and without limit.

Zeal is very blind or badly regulated when it encroaches upon the rights of others.

How very wet this water is.

...isn't it possible that advertising as a whole is a fantastic fraud, presenting an image of America taken seriously by no one, least of all the advertising men who create it?

from Out of the Darkness (book 2):Zoe met Eric's eyes. Even in her platforms she was still a few inches shorter than he was. "And what do you do?"His mouth quirked. "I set people on fire.

In the face of great challenges, you can choose to live reactively as a victim, or choose to proactively take control, with awareness and accountability.

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

I never learned to read or write music. Never wanted to fool with scales. That was boring, forced. The music I heard was free - flowing.

I will not leave the Republican Party, ... The Republican Party is my home.

I still had an irrational desire to do an interpretive dance about rainbows, but it was a small price to pay for being healed.

As it turns out, now is the moment you've been waiting for

The worst thing that happens in life is not death. The worst thing would be to miss it. . . . I think the great danger in life is not showing up.