when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation.

People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.

Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.

I had a vision ... of being found on the pavement by some passerby, with a small punctuation mark ending my sentence of life.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

Conflict is the very essence of life.

It's money that brings trouble. It always has and it always will.

God’s great love is the divinity of birth.

Free market capitalism has done more for the soul of the human race than any other system. And it's created the highest standard of living.

Anyone who knows or cares anything about real country music will agree that George Jones is the voice of it.

I've put everything I had and I've given my readers 120 percent, and that's the truth.

I've been really fortunate to be able to do different kinds of films in different scales, different genres, different kinds of roles, and that is important to me.

Not disown my past or upbringing, but I'd admired American actors, really American movie star - particularly the rebel heroes of the '50s.

Frustration is out of expectation; expectation is our projection. All kinds of love frustrate unless love is based in meditation.

If you want the truth, I will tell you the truth: Friend, listen: the God whom I love is inside.

I'm interested in reaching the masses with my work. It's one of my goals.

When somebody says something bad about you, they feel bad about themselves in some way.