We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.

If you're not going to be rewarded for your virtues, and instead you're going to be punished for them, then what's your motivation to continue?

I keep a hotel room in my town, although I have a large house. And I go there at about 5:30 in the morning, and I start working. And I don't allow anybody to come in that room. I work on yellow pads and with ballpoint pens. I keep a Bible, a thesaurus, a dictionary, and a bottle of sherry. I stay there until midday.

Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then beleive them to be true.