. . . the humblest, and at the same time most balanced and capacious, praised most, while the crank, misfits and malcontents praised least.

For the entrance is low: we must stoop till we are no taller than children to get in.

The Order of the Divine mind, embodied in the Divine Law, is beautiful. What should a man do but try to reproduce it, so far as possible, in his daily life?

Take from a man his freedom or his goods and you may have taken his innocence, almost his humanity, as well.

But of course these conjectures as to why God does what He does are probably of no more value than my dog's ideas of what I am up to when I sit and read.

When we carry out our "religious duties" we are like people digging channels in a waterless land, in order that when at last water comes, it may find them ready.

All the latchkey children cursed and smashed bottles, teased about underwear, and puffed on those unfiltered cigarettes that only the cowboys could roll.

This is a grave. There is no honor here in broken tools and old bones, only in the deeds of our children.

We will respond with a heavy hand to the brutal murder of Jews who came to pray and were killed by lowly murderers.

If you look internationally over the last 50 years there have been improvements in the third world, but in the last 20 years the reverse has happened, with debt crises and increased poverty.

Don’t major on the fall, major on getting up!

Knowing yourself, knowing where you want to get, combining those things gives you the pragmatic steps.

Independent of harmony rules, any color 'goes' or 'works' with any other color, presupposing that their quantities are appropriate.

There is nothing charming about a woman who cannot walk in her shoes.

If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious.

Determine where you are going and how you will get there will become obvious.