George's hand lifted and fell away again. It seemed an insult to imply that anything so small as a touch could stop the raw feeling in Sir Stephen's suddenly dark and haunted eyes.

You will find yourself, as he did. But that will not mean it is easy. There are few things easy in life that are worth the doing.

I tear at the air with glass nailsthat have learned to scalemountains of mirrors.

A leader shapes and shares a vision, which gives point to the work of others.

A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism.

I'm in favor of personal growth as long as it doesn't include malignant tumors.

If we use common words on a great occasion, they are the more striking, because they are felt at once to have a particular meaning, like old banners, or everyday clothes, hung up in a sacred place.

God doesn't want his people to go second-class.

A primary flaw in my psychology is that I'll give people a hundred yards' worth of rope with which to hang themselves, but once they reach that hundred-yard line, I strangle them to death with it.

Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.

Afraid of death? Not at all. Be a great relief. Then I wouldn't have to talk to you.

I have a very low regard for cynics. I think it's the beginning of dying.