When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat.

If you can laugh at yourself, you are going to be fine. If you allow others to laugh with you, you will be great.

It took me a long time to understand that God is not the enemy of my enemies. God is not even the enemy of God's enemies.

Don't let your life wait for other people.

A man doesn't realize how much he can stand until he is put to the test. You can stand far more than you think you can. You are much stronger than you think you are.

Ask the first man you meet what he means by defending freedom, and he'll tell you privately he means defending the standard of living.

The heart does heal and you will love like this again- except when you do, you'll deny that you ever loved like this before.

That which does not kill you will ultimately make you stronger.

More than fifty-five years ago my father told me, "The Bible does not belong on the shelf but in your hand, under your eye, and in your heart."

For politicians truth and falsehood are unimportant. So I never could become a politician - not even a church politician.

There was no one left to speak for me.

I read my own books sometimes to cheer me when it is hard to write and then I remember that it was always difficult and how nearly impossible it was sometimes.

The only way some of us exercise our minds is by jumping to conclusions.

You gotta have a little kid in you to play football.

Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a reason for not taking action himself, you see a cog in The Machine that governs us.

I want to be believable in anything I take on.

But if Satan speaks sometimes, God keep silent, always. We have to find the answers alone.

Simple, not easy. There's a difference.

One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights.

The value of time, that is of being a little ahead of your opponent, often provides greater advantage than superior numbers or greater resources.

Asia is the market and the location where production is inexpensive. The technological expertise and specialist knowledge comes from the industrialized world.