There are people who are so cautious that they are careful not to waste their fear.

Friends should be like books, few, but hand-selected.

We need to be grateful for many things that didn't happen.

God created the world just like a knife and left it up to us to take it by the handle or the blade.

Yes is like credit, No is like cash.

Absence is the enemy of love and the friend of friendship.

It could be disastrous to speak your mind while you are deep in thought.

Don't listen to a man who says we have to work together as a team. He means we have to work as he says.

If you really want to hurt, find someone who loves you.

A man with no enemies is no good as a friend.

To love one's neighbor is a tough command. It works better for people who live far away.

Home gives you something no other place can... your history. Home is where your history begins.

It is said that in death, all things become clear.

Of all the paths [that] lead to a woman's love Pity's the straightest.

I was very driven, very focused, very ambitious. I mean, when I look back on myself in my 20s, part of me just cringes.

Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets.

People respect nonfiction but they read novels.

The first step to problem solving is figuring out who's got the problem.

God's designs regarding you, and His methods of bringing about these designs, are infinitely wise.

The past isn't useful until its place in the present is found.

Reality' is a word with many meanings.