If you say I hide things because I'm shy, that can't be right. I've finally realized it's for a different reason-- that I don't want to see the darkness that lies in my heart

Friends are a weird thing. It seems like they know all about you, but then they don’t understand you at all.

Clarity clattered into my thoughts and brought about a satori, an enlightenment, if you will.

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”

It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us.

Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander's boss to get that changed.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

Dine we must and we may as well dine elegantly as well as wholesomely.

The infant, on opening his eyes, ought to see his country, and to the hour of his death never lose sight of it.

Fighting for ourselves means manufacturing our own weapons of self-defense.

Talent alone is not enough. I believe that a really good gymnast is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.