Fear is the mother of all gods ... Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods.

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.

Nothing can be created out of nothing.

The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.

Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions... How many evils has religion caused?

No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through

What came from the earth returns back to the earth, and the spirit that was sent from heaven, again carried back, is received into the temple of heaven.

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.

Only religion can lead to such evil.

For fools admire and love those things they see hidden in verses turned all upside down, and take for truth what sweetly strokes the ears and comes with sound of phrases fine imbued.

Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.

Your memory straddles my mind.

The youth gets together this material to build a bridge to the moon or perchance a palace or temple on earth and at length the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.

People love me. And you know what, I have been very successful. Everybody loves me.

Talking to a golf ball won't do you any good, unless you do it while your opponent is teeing off.

The U.S. is looking to India as more then just a marketplace for our defense products, but as a technology, aerospace and strategic partner for our future endeavors.

One person's enemy is another person's best friend. My favorite food might give you a rash.

A society that condemns homosexuality harms itself. (254)

I cannot remember back to a year in which I did not consider myself to be a writer, and the younger I was the bigger that capital 'W.

A painting is what you make of it, besides which, 'Moon, Weeping' has a better ring to it than 'Paintbrush, Dripping.