...one can speak with the utmost clearness, and yet not be heard by anyone.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

Even if things aren't going the way we want right now, we will always get through it.

You like it in jail?""It's not too bad. You don't meet the best people, but who the hell wants to?

Tighten your prose so the story flows.

Once you beat yourself, you will beat the world.

The enemy will not see you vanish into God's company without an effort to reclaim you.

Civility is the natural state for people who know how limited their own individual powers are and know, too, that they need the conversation.

I would prefer to listen to a French classical composer like Olivier Messiaen than to the pop hits of the day.

We live in such a sheltered environment in the United States. I've been fortunate enough to have traveled all over the world, and I've seen things you only read about and see on the news.

When a Cat adopts you, and I am not superstitious at all I don't mean only Black cats there is nothing to be done about it except to put up with it and wait until the wind changes.

I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.