Americans are a very backward people, with all the real virtues of a backward people; the patriarchal simplicity and human dignity of a democracy, and a respect for labor uncorrupted by cynicism.

Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

Different people have different opinions, and it's okay to respect all of them.

I admire Modi's leadership and his ideology.

The fire that burns brightest in the Raiders organization is the will to win.

I entreat you to leave your work at home to the many who are ready to undertake it, and to come forth yourselves to reap this field now white to the harvest.

A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach, And, if it can, at once both please and preach.

You have to be very brave in that first writing session.

If Reagan wins, I'd sell the farm and buy a bomb shelter.

Whether you believe you can or not, you're right.

We tend to look at countries in terms of failed states and functioning states, which is rather simplistic.

People will always be more willing to give you things that they think you don't need.