Screw-top wine has improved the quality of life by about ten percent, wouldn't you say?

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.

Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near-universally dreadful.

Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal. Only styles change.

My life looked good on paper - where, in fact, almost all of it was being lived.

When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable

Closure is a greasy little word which, moreover, describes a nonexistent condition. The truth, Venus, is that nobody gets over anything.

Perhaps there are other bits of my life that would take on content, take on shadow, if only I read more and thought less about money.

When you’ve lost all your play, guess what love becomes. Work. Work that gets harder every hour.

Love is blind; but it makes you see the blind man; teetering on the roadside . . .

Every 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're full of new rewards.

Rule #1 always look out for yourself first don't nobody love/care for you like you do.

Lost Cactus is a cornucopia of sights, sounds and inhabitants completely foreign to a little squirrel like Sammy, but attempting to set him straight will only complicate matters.

Change takes time, forethought and knowledge, as well as an envisioned goal.

One may be "outside" the church, but one can never be "outside" of God's love.

Religion, which never intervenes directly in the government of American society, should therefore be considered as the first of their political institutions

Altruism is a hard master, but so is opportunism.

The path of violence has not yielded anything. Shed guns and adopt the path of peace, unity, goodwill and brotherhood.

The distance between yourself and another person is the same as the distance between yourself and yourself.

I am undeniably afraid of the dark!

If you want an opinion concerning the Bible, why not take it from the lips of someone who has a real acquaintance with it.