Nothing fails like success when you rely on it too much.

Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now.

Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.

The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.

The aim of all education is, or should be, to teach people to educate themselves.

Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.

Material power that is not counterbalanced by adequate spiritual power, that is, by love and wisdom, is a curse

The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.

The only real struggle in the history of the world ... is between the vested interest and social justice.

The absolute value of love makes life worth while, and so makes Man's strange and difficult situation acceptable. Love cannot save life from death; but it can fulfill life's purpose.

Future strong is being focused enough and mindful enough and courageous enough to search for patterns and order when all others see chaos and noise.

You don't have to be strong to survive a bad situation

You need to think outside the box. You need to think differently if you want to sustain what, for me, is my peak performance: the very best that I can achieve as an athlete every day.

My desires are simply I love to teach, I love to be in uniform, I love to throw batting practice, I love to be with the kids.

I'd like to see him go out and bat one day with a stump. I tell you that's what he's been doing all this while

Love is being constantly supportive.

You might be a redneck if the tobacco chewers in your family aren't just men.

Romantic love was invented to manipulate women

You have a right not to be negative.

I think that most creative fiction involves the transformational process, whether it is Dickens or Dostoyevsky and the writer in some sense is expressing their own journey through such a wilderness.