When you abort the first born of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children.

In the Old Testament, the first born of every being, animal and man, was dedicated to the Lord. There’s a special punishment Christians would suggest.

Garrett Hardin. Parenthood: Right or Privilege? Science Magazine.

When dreaming is better than reality we're livingWhat's the sense of waking up in a nightmare?

Time is the one thing we possess. Our success depends upon the use of our time, and its by-product, the odd moment.

Government lasts as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves against the over-taxed.

Perhaps . . . our lot on the earth is to seek and to search. Now and again we find just enough to enable us to carry on. I now doubt that any of us will completely find and be found in this life.

Our virtues, as well as our vices, are often scourges for our own backs.

The secret to my success is that I bit off more than I could chew and I chewed as fast as I could.

All times are beautiful for those who maintain joy within them; but there is no happy or favorable time for those with disconsolate or orphaned souls.

An enemy's gift is ruinous and no gift.

Much of my writing has taken the form of a pilgrimage: to sacred places that represent the best of America, to musicians and other artists who represent the best of their art.