When debts are not paid because they cannot be paid, the best thing to do is not talk about them, and shuffle the cards again.

There are two kinds of man: the ones who make history and the ones who endure it.

Ideas? My head is full of them, one after the other, but they serve no purpose there. They must be put down on paper, one after the other.

Literature is the denunciation of the times in which one lives.

I am not, sir, a bad person, though in truth I am not lacking in reasons for being one. [Sp., Yo, senor, no soy malo, aunque no me faltarian motivos para serlo.]

...moral relativism, a position many find attractive only until they are faced with someone who is doing something really, really wrong.

Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.

I don't want people to get the impression that I just got money and now I'm cocky, because I'm not. I'm just a little overly confident.

To love you as I should, I must worship God as Creator.

Evil is not intrinsic. It's fashioned.

Most of us who work as professional futurists never really stop gathering information - you never know when a provocative, potentially disruptive new development might appear.

I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call and invite God and his angels thither.

When luck ain't with you it's against you." ~pg 92

No, I don't think it's fair to label Islam 'violent.' But I will say that to my knowledge, no writer has ever gone into hiding for criticizing the Amish.