Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

It's easier to ponder the future than it is to do something about the present.

One day you will just wake up and you will do not want to remember that it was a real fact, what has happened before you fell asleep.

Terrifying, that the loss of intimacy with one person results in the freezing over of the world, and the loss of oneself.

They knew that no one heard, that bloodless people cannot be made to bleed. So they blew what everyone had heard before, they reassured everyone that nothing terrible was happening.

I wrote each book in thirty-five days flat - just to get the darned thing finished.

Those who leave the tradition of truth do not escape into something which we call Freedom. They only escape into something else, which we call Fashion.

Ending a television character that you've been, especially someone like Omar Little, it hurts. For me, it's a huge thing. You feel like a part of you is gone.

I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant.

I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception.

I was called to start a mission, not a church. There is a difference.