A man should not compete with his wife in talk but in silence

The end of love looks like the beginning of war

Life is a dream. We wake up when we die

Christianity has so much taken roots among us that drunkards sing gospel songs on their way home

In leadership, the way up is down. Serve before you get served

You need to have the means to impose yourself

The only lesson you can learn from history is that it repeats itself

Women understand the workings of nature than men. They trust in their instincts while men consider this behavior weakness.

Peace is something you only have when your enemy is gone. Either after you have turned him into a friend or vanquished him

It's useless to disarm the hands, if the heart remains armed

Married life is not for the faint hearted. Sometimes it can look like an ugly battlefield

When he is most powerful, nothing does he become.

Not everyone is capable of sacrificing his own life. So it is, always has been and always will be.

There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough of my assurance.

If I could steal someone's dream myself, I'd have to go for one of Orson Welles.

The United States should help strengthen nongovernmental humanitarian agencies working in Sudan so that they can handle an increased flow of aid.

I'm an aspiring writer. I hate that phrase. You're either a writer or you're not.

No pang that is suffered by man or woman upon the earth will be without its compensating effect . . . if it be met with patience.

The Second Coming will probably happen within the lifetime of people living today.

Without good company all dainties Lose their true relish, and like painted grapes, Are only seen, not tasted.

I don't need to argue here that the evil in the world proves that the universe is not designed, but only that there are no signs of benevolence that might have shown the hand of a designer.