Writing ... it begins as an amusement, then it becomes a mistress, then a master, and finally a tyrant.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

The fact that so little of the findings of modern science is prefigured in Scripture to my mind casts further doubt on it divine inspiration.

I imagine, in the future, life expectancy is long and they use crazy plastic surgery. Who the hell knows what's going on?

Christianity is such a silly religion.

It is one thing to play for your university. It is another to play for your country.

We're each alone inside our heads, some more so than others.

Cruelty to children is the thing I can least bear in the world.

I always marvel at the humans' ability to keep going. They always manage to stagger on even with tears streaming down their faces.

Everything is permitted, everything is allowed, and all our Gods we have outwitted, we are running with the crowd.

I think the very concept of an elite commission deciding for the American people who deserves to be heard is profoundly wrong.

Exhilarating. Radical Grace moved me to tears with its portrayal of good people putting their beliefs into action in ways that transcend all ideological boundaries.