Famous Quotes

If the environment were a bank, it would have been saved by now

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing.

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

You have one business on earth – to save souls.

The humanity of all Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others.

I am that clumsy human, always loving, loving, loving. And loving. And never leaving.

We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

The wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.

Later that night, I held an atlas on my lap, ran my fingers across the whole world, and whispered, ‘where does it hurt?’ It answered, everywhere, everywhere, everywhere.

Cause the registration of all firearms on some pretext, with the view of confiscating them and leaving the population defenseless.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

If you find my stories dirty, the society you are living in is dirty. With my stories, I only expose the truth

Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.

All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it you would be free.

The remarkable thing about God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.

Were women to "unsex" themselves by claiming equality with men, they would become the most hateful, heathen, and disgusting of beings and would surely perish without male protection.

We are all connected to each other, in a circle, in a hoop that never ends.

The most important thing is to forecast where customers are moving, and be in front of them.

Peace is a certificate you get in the grave.

So, then, let us pursue the things making for peace and the things that are upbuilding to one another.

Even small acts of kindness can make a profound difference to somebody else.

Lay in the weeds and wait, and when you get your chance to say something, say something good.

Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers leave you speechless, remain that way. Say nothing, and listen as Heaven whispers, "Do you like it? I did it just for you."

I want the great masses of my people to take a greater pride in their personal appearance and to give their hair proper attention.

I wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others.

I'd rather have ten people that want God than 10,000 people who want to play church.

I live this life at a pace that anyone can go. Know your place, and dedicate your role ...To the faith that you'll die alone

The weight is just a tool. Do you focus on the hammer or the nail? You better focus on the thing you're trying to hit.

The greatest contraceptive one can have in the developing world is the knowledge that your children will live

When I think of those who have influenced my life the most, I think not of the great but of the good.

While you are looking, you might as well also listen, linger and think about what you see.

I don't have any rules, because I would only be breaking them, so it's a waste of time

Every creature is a glittering, glistening mirror of Divinity.

Two truths cannot contradict one another.

We have art so that we shall not die of reality.

I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but forward.

All the power of the universe is with you. Feel it, know it, and then act as though it were true.

The richest and fullest lives attempt to achieve an inner balance between three realms: work, love and play.

The curse turned to grace when the hurt turned to faith.

Anyone who believes in indefinite growth on a physically finite planet is either mad or an economist

If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be.

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

Whoever called snooker "chess with balls" was rude, but right.

But don't forget, in the meantime, that this is the season for strawberries. Yes.

Of all the teachings we receive, this one is most important: Nothing belongs to you of what there is, of what you take, you must share.

The greatest evils in the world will not be carried out by men with guns, but by men in suits sitting behind desks

I've always been my own person. Everything I've ever done in my life I did the hard way.

[O]ne of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone.