We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can, there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.

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

The knowledge of God’s Word without love is a destructive force because it puffs us up with pride and legalism.

It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by it. Shudder and cling and cry out-and come back for more.

Children are more influenced by sermons you act than by sermons you preach.

Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep, for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as the latter.

Almost anything is better than three network TV outlets completely controlling the national discourse with their nightly broadcasts. We've moved a long way from that, and that's important.

No law's gonna change us We have to change us Whatever god you believe in We come from the same one Strip away the fear, underneath, it's all the same love About time that we raised up!

With Christianity, freedom and equality became the two basic concepts of Europe; they are themselves Europe.

Officials are the only guys who can rob you and then get a police escort out of the stadium.