It's terrible when the weak are also cruel for then we are defenseless against them.

A little town is like a lantern. Nothing's hid from sight.

Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.

When I was young they used to say people only threw stones at the tree that was loaded with fruit.

I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.

One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends.

I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted.

...his hoofbeats fall like rain, over and over again.

Doorbells are like a magic game, Or the grab-bag at a fair -- You never know when you hear one ring Who may be waiting there.

And scandal has a way of catching up with those who disregard its power.

The sight of a cage is only frightening to the bird that has once been caught.

Can a dream be wrong? Aren't dreams God's way of telling you things?

Good things you have to make happen. Bad things happen all by themselves.

Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.

If we say we believe in equality for all then we must fight for equality for all, not betray our immigrant sisters.

I'm actually with the classics in general in terms of understanding truth in an existential mode. Therefore, philosophy becomes more a way of life as opposed to simply a mode of discourse.

All preachers of morality, as also all theologians have a bad habit in common: all of them try to persuade man that he is very ill, and that a severe, final, radical cure is necessary.

Happiness is a critical factor for work, and work is a critical factor for happiness. In one of those life-isn’t-fair results, it turns out that the happy out-perform the less happy.

What if you have seen it before, ten thousand times over? An apple tree in full blossom is like a message, sent fresh from heaven to earth, of purity and beauty.

Nothing shall be lost that is done for God or in obedience to Him.

My childhood was spent in my local library in a San Diego suburb. It's where I became a writer - by 1st becoming a reader!