I'd like to thank my wife, Anna. I love you more than rainbows, baby

There's nothing cheap about loyalty.

Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it's *because* they sat there that they were able to do it.

Make no mistake. Moving is living.

The stars will wheel forth from their daytime hiding places; and one of those lights, slightly brighter than the rest, will be my wingtip passing over.

And this ain't no place for the weary kind This ain't no place to lose your mind This ain't no place to fall behind Pick up your crazy heart and give it one more try

All the things that most people hate about traveling -- the recycled air, the artificial lighting, the digital juice dispensers, the cheap sushi -- are warm reminders that I'm home.

Everything I do is kind of a lesson, even if I am the only person who learns it.

Truly even he errs that is wiser than the wise.

History is a tragegy, not a morality tale.

The received image of a writer is that of an unproductive sensitive who suffers from the vapors, is enslaved by his gonads, falls victim to romantic swoons and passes out at deadlines.

The thistle is a prince. Let any man that has an eye for beauty take a view of the whole plant, and where will he see a more expressive grace and symmetry; and where is there a more kingly flower?

I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions.

Sooner could a fish live upon a tree than the wicked in Paradise.

When you sit in meditation, feel the joy in your soul.

The Church is not a political power, nor a political party, but rather a moral reality, a moral force.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.