Reconstructing the past is rather like translating poetry. It can be done, but never exactly.

It is indeed the duty of historians to stress the contrast betweenthe standards of the past and the standards of the present. Somefulfil that duty on purpose, others by accident.

The Fascist utopia, like that of the Communists, was false, and generated immense suffering. But there were those who dreamed it sincerely.

You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat.

No matter whose bed you die in the bed will be yours for your voyage onto the surgical andiron of God.

In the first decade of my life, I came to know and love God, as I was raised in a Christian home and community.

The fever called "living" Is conquer'd at last.

If you stop and confine yourself to one place, you will develop prejudices.

I am iron butterfly ... / I am she/we / of flesh / and iron / and silk wings, / healing, flying / into a gentle blue sky.

The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.

You can't go to an LSD or pot party unless you take it yourself. If I want to go, I must take drugs myself.

Any man who, having planted a vineyard, has not yet reaped the benefits should do so at once, so that he does not die in the struggle and leave it for another to enjoy.