The thing about failure is that you never know how close you were to success.

Many of the greatest books are like a forest. “The best way to get to know them is to wander right into the middle and get lost.

...but I’d learned a long time ago that the worse things are, the more people lie about them.

Who is the dark horse he has in his stable?

The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there.

Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak.

Given that we cannot know all the elements in a problem, we never can solve it.

I want to use things I learn about writing in my acting, and vice versa.

Investing one cent more in oil, coal and gas is investing in the death of society, and the in the death of our children.

It has taken a weary long time to persuade American Presbyterians to give up infant damnation and try to bear it the best they can.

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.