I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.

The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets -

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.

Things are always better in the morning.

It's not necessary to tell all you know.

Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they're quite different from people who must write.

...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.

The plan, a memory of the future, tries on reality to see if it fits.

Ever, could I or could I not count the shadows of our being?

God does everything perfectly. The world doesn't really need saving; it's exactly the way God wants it to be at the moment.

Anything worth doing is worth doing well.

Why is life so difficult for some people and not for others? Why do some people have to struggle so much?

Nothing good can come from the Federal Reserve. It is the biggest taxer of them all. Diluting the value of the dollar by increasing its supply is a vicious, sinister tax on the poor and middle class.

Politics moves upward into ethics, and ethics ascends to theology.

Don't share your fantasies unless you're sure your partner really wants to hear them.

I think that life force is invaluable.

Do not Christians and Heathens, and Jews and Gentiles, and poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry influences?