If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.

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.

Fulfill me, make me happy, make me feel safe, tell me who I am. The world cannot give you those things, and when you no longer have such expectations, all self created suffering comes to an end.

When we rely on our own strength, God’s opportunities become inaccessible to us.

I don't think you can reach your potential as a writer unless you're a passionate reader, AND read passionately.

Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession.

No interruptions, stereos pumpin from the dungeon, coming live from Flatbush Junction

Our word 'idiot' comes from the Greek name for the man who took no share in public matters.

You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.

This nation is never finished. It has to be re-created in each generation.

As long as you live, you hope. You think that everything will just...get better.

Pride is seldom delicate, it will please itself with very mean advantages; and envy feels not its own happiness, but when it may be compared with the misery of others