Whom the gods do not intend to destroy, they first make mad with poetry.

Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope.

When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.

Only the tiniest fracton of mankind want freedom. All the rest want someone to tell them theyare free.

We love in another's soul whatever of ourselves we can deposit in it; the greater the deposit, the greater the love

I have stopped being a misanthrope.

God is indeed dead. He died of self-horror when He saw the creature He had made in His own image.

A Canadian is someone who keeps asking the question, 'What is a Canadian?

Canadians look down on the United States and consider it Hell. They are right to do so. Canada is to the United States what, in Dante's scheme, Limbo is to Hell

I am a genius who has written poems that will survive with the best of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Keats

A political leader worthy of assassination

What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?

Jus' live the day. Don' worry yaself.

When may a revival be expected? When the wickedness of the wicked grieves and distresses the Christian.

Why should a man be in love with his fetters, though of gold?

As a human being, the way Jesus responded to God in faithful obedience and gave his life in service to other humans-is the pattern for all authentic humanity renewed by the Spirit of God.

I'm the only president you've got.

Teacher: What do you want to be when you grow up? Marji: I'll be a prophet.

Jennifer Lawrence is just the coolest girl. Everyone forgets how young she is because she's so together, such an old soul. She just gets it. She's one savvy chick.

Some people want to call me an Appalachian writer, even though I know some people use regional labels to belittle.

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army