When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

I've been dealing with politicians all my life. All my life. And I've always gotten them to do what I need them to do.

People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messed cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.