So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.

Nothing can be created out of nothing.

The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.

Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions... How many evils has religion caused?

No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through

What came from the earth returns back to the earth, and the spirit that was sent from heaven, again carried back, is received into the temple of heaven.

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.

Only religion can lead to such evil.

For fools admire and love those things they see hidden in verses turned all upside down, and take for truth what sweetly strokes the ears and comes with sound of phrases fine imbued.

One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.

Kindness expressed to a stranger is kindness expressed to God.

(The Purge)... We are not stupid...

I don't think my kids have to worry too much about me embarrassing them because that's not how I would want to grow up, with wacky dad showing up at school and performing for everyone.

There are no female geniuses because there are no female Jack-the-Rippers.

The spirit is never at rest, but always engaged in progressive motion, giving itself new form.

Novels usually evolve out of 'character.' Characters generate stories, and the shape of a novel is entirely imagined but should have an aesthetic coherence.

Any stimulus package amounts to taking money from the pockets of some Americans and placing it in the pockets of others who have better political connections.

Your brain is not designed to make you happy. That's your job!

No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today.