If you hate others in the name of God, you should be looking within to see where it stopped being about God and where it started being about YOU.

Slavery of the heart, oh Love - a prisoner of will thou art - proof that love, while blissful, can oft also be Hell. Demonstrative definition thou art, that love can be strategic as well!

Knowing who you are is more valuable than having ten 'friends' who don't even know who they are, but who judge you anyway.

It is easy for those who conflate religion with government to interpret any criticism of government or policy as an 'attack' on their 'faith'.

Democracy is government by the people, for the people. Without the responsibility of the people, and without the involvement of the people - all you have left is GOVERNMENT.

But it’s a hundred and twelve years old!” He protested.“She still works pretty good.” Deire maintained. “Stardrive gets a mite twitchy at warp 4, but that’s just a dodgy plasma injector.

You can pass any law you like to make 'criminals' of those you don't like and then justify it with whatever stupid reasoning that appeals to you. Is that rule of law - or tyranny?

Dominating others is not equality.

They tell us variety is the spice of life - and yet diversity terrifies them.

I almost think there is no wisdom comparable to that of exchanging what is called the realities of life for dreams

I have always derived indescribable pleasure from leading a decent woman to the edge of sin and leaving her there to live between the temptation and the fear of that sin.

I won't say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would be today if some of those reporters had been Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

God did not give me my life to throw it away.

Find the grain of truth in criticism-chew it and swallow it.

We believe that the materials and the stories taken from the raw can be finer (more real in the philosophic sense) than the acted article.

I'm sure it's there traced along my career. I'm sure it is in most actresses' careers.

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.

We need spring. We need it desperately, and, usually, we need it before God is willing to give it to us.

I've always thought John Travolta is one of the greatest movie stars Hollywood has ever produced.