The Americans are the living refutation of the Cartesian axiom, "I think, therefore I am": Americans do not think, yet they are.

The blood of heroes is closer to the Lord than the ink of scholars and the prayers of the pious.

Neither pleasure nor pain should enter as motives when one must do what must be done.

I see nothing but a world of ruins, where a kind of front line is possible only in the catacombs.

My principles are only those that, before the French Revolution, every well-born person considered sane and normal.

The supreme nobility of a Roman emperor does not consist in being a master of slaves, but in being a lord of free men, who loves freedom even in those who serve him.

Suffering softens the soul.

I should have tried getting blown up months ago if that's what it takes to get you to be nice to me.

It's hot tonight and half the neighborhood is drunk. the other half is dead. if I have any advice about writing poetry it's - don't. I'm going to send out for some fried chicken.

One thing I think is least realistic is that there were five people that made decisions in the fictional 'West Wing.' In real life, there are about five million people that weigh in.

The best things in life are gifts from the One who steadfastly loves us. But an important question to ask ourselves is this: are we in love with God or just His stuff?

If the market is left to sort matters out, social injustice will be heightened and suffering in the community will grow with the neglect the market fosters.

It is impossible to fight bullies merely by saying they're going too far.

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.

Don't 'tolerate' mistakes. Embrace them!