Men have no right to put the well-being of the present generation wholly out of the question. Perhaps the only moral trust with any certainty in our hands is the care of our own time.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

There were many terrible things in my life and most of them never happened.

People change and needs change. So what was Sufism once is Sufism no more.

I stay off the Internet.

People are not interested in you. They are not interested in me. They are interested in themselves - morning, noon and after dinner.

Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights. [Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.]

Now that I know that I've needed you so, help me, Jesus. My soul's in your hand.

A lot of my work comes from a place of despair or fear. I often write in order to gain some sort of control over aspects of my life or the world that seem too dark to look at directly.

Swift is the arrow, dark is the thorn, the slate is clean, the future awaits, awake.

A spark neglected makes a mighty fire.

If people associate you with the idea of loads of money, they in turn will give some of that money to you.