Love your country, but never trust its government.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen, a tiny, bloody angel in the snow, and they were going to destroy her.

Writing is how I process the cacophony of each day. Prayer is how God makes sense out of my scribbles.

We imagine that a little anxiety and worry is an indication of how wise we really are

Indolence and stupidity are first cousins.

The music is in no way politically based - I'm not trying to make a point about sampling. It may bring up issues but I'm not trying to push it on anyone.

A right knowledge of sin lies at the root of all saving Christianity.

The heart needs not for its heaven much space, nor many stars therein, if only the star of love has arisen.

The normal Hollywood approach is to have a super-charged production company and then go to the studios for distribution and marketing.

Where our joy is, there should our work be.

I thought my heart had been wounded with the claws of a lion.