Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

I don't try to imagine a personal god; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.

If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.

We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.

The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

Never lend your car to someone you've given birth to.

There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

Common sense is not so common.

Our greatest foes - and whom we must chiefly combat - are within.

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.