You're an intelligent person of great moral character who has taken a very courageous stand. I'm an intelligent person with no moral character at all, so I'm in an ideal position to appreciate it.

I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.

where are the snowdens of yesteryear?

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

[They] agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.

You know, that might be the answer - to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That's a trick that never seems to fail.

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

But how can one be warm alone?

..I marvelled at the intense beauty of this human relationship that was born out of so much love and was destined, perhaps inevitably, to end in a tragedy of such terrible proportions.

Know the one who wants nothing to be the wealthiest.

Life is a beautiful journey regardless of its occasional hurdles and puddles. The key is to focus your frequent thoughts on your blessings, opportunities, and possibilities over your adversities.

Of course, the downside of attending a fictional school is that our lacrosse team sucks.

As a forgiven son, I am justified, cleansed, washed clean. This is a greater reality than my sinful past.

...when we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.

A philosophical mythology lies concealed in language, which breaks out again at every moment, no matter how cautious we may be.

The profoundest affinities are those most readily felt.

You are the devil to talk to, Rachel," he said curtly. "Will you shut up and listen?

The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.