Work is against human nature. The proof is that it makes us tired.

The writer's function is to prevent myths turning into allegories.

Germany is a machine for producing geniuses. Its crowning product was the German Jew which in suitably dramatic style it then tried to destroy.

A smile is a sparkle of your soul and a glint of light from your heart.

Power came the way a child came -- with agony.

We have somehow conned ourselves into the notion that this moment is ordinary. This now moment, in which I'm talking and you're listening, is eternity.

Saddam Hussein is about to face trial and George Bush wants to execute him. Not because of the war crimes, but because Saddam is beating him in the polls.

I didn't like the way I was let go from Metallica.

Our Heavenly Father wants our hearts to be knit together. That union in love is not simply an ideal. It is a necessity

Life is short, youth is finite, and opportunities endless. Have you found the intersection of your passion and the potential for world-shaping positive impact?

Elegance is not an outer quality, but a part of the soul that is visible to others.

Lyda was an exuberant, even a dramatic gardener.... She was always holding up a lettuce or a bunch of radishes with an air of resolute courage, as though she had shot them herself.

Nobody, but nobody, is going to tell me I'm not the most. I am. I was the most when everybody else was struggling bitterly to become a little.