The only darkness we should allow into our lives is the night, for even then, we have the moon.

If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.

What a magnificient look a clear sky has! And what a magnificient look a clear mind has!

All words, in every language, are metaphors.

I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.

I can't see any difference in government between Bush and Obama apart from the color of their skin.

Americans just want us to... not be concerned if they can be constitutionally justified... Why, if we had to do that we could not pass most of the laws we enact around here.

No one has really ever defined what a friend is.

We see a newborn moth unwrapping itself and announce, Look, children, a miracle! But let an irreversible wound be knit back to seamlessness? We won't even see it, though we look at it every day.

Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check.

In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory.