None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.

Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.

Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.

Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.

None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.

Conscience without judgment is superstition.

The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth.

The more mysterious the more imperfect that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.

In many cases it is very hard to fix the bounds of Good and Evil because these part as Day and Night which are separated by Twilight.

It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place unless he be first in a happy state.

Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death but at the moment of conversion.

An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.

The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.

The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light--so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.

He that does not repent, sins again.

It is a great deal easier to commit a second sin, than it was to commit the first; and a great deal harder to repent of a second, than it was to repent of the first.

Sin is the failure of a fallible creature, and reversible by repentance.

If it were not for sin, we should converse together as angels do.

There is no better way to learn than to teach.

A novel, at least for me, cannot be visualized at one time.

On my own or with a friend, I'm a shopaholic, and I particularly love the cleaning aisle in the supermarket. But when I'm with my husband, I'm shop shy because he can't bear it. It always ends up with us making a huge scene on the High Street and then going off in a huff in separate directions.

Markets are frequently ahead of, and often out of sync with, the economy.

There is tension all over the country. The party in Bengal has done substantial work. They have eliminated a few officers. The Englishmen are terrified. As a result, they have started sending their families to Britain. After some time, they will realise that they cannot exercise authority over India.

I watch people from the top of buses who don't know they're being watched. It's quite fascinating.

Keep up your faith to go high and fly, even after so many pains and sorrow. You can turn from a caterpillar to a butterfly. Life gives you a second change: a call to grow.

I truly believe that God provides.

Sin carries in it its own misery.

If you want to write the next great novel, but you think, No, this won't work because no one will buy it or it won't be any good, then you talk yourself out of taking a risk.

What I don't like so much is people who - how do you say this? - who make judgments over the genre of reality like it's television from the devil, and that's something that I don't like because I think everybody should watch what they like. It's a free world. It's a form of democracy. If you like it, watch. If you don't like it, don't watch.

Obama's people will all often complain about how trivial and silly the media is, but there's no president who's probably benefited from this sort of trivialness or superficial nature as President Obama.

However, the word madda in modern Hebrew specifically means science.

I've also been busy doing stuff for Steve Jackson Games.

I made enough money to buy a house. That's crazy, but fame proved ephemeral.

If you don't know where you are going, you will surely arrive there.

Give place to others, as others have given place to you. Equality is the soul of equity. Who can complain of being comprehended in the same destiny, wherein all are involved?

I had made all these rules for myself: I'm not writing social commentary, I'm not writing love songs.

Success in America - what I find with my homeland, nothing lasts very long. Europe is different. You're right there with them until you come back.

Salvation brings the soul a deep awareness of God's love. Life takes on more meaning, for it now has a purpose.

Women's sport helps break down a lot of barriers for women in other areas, whether in religion or politics.

I cannot grasp the difference between killing people with drones or rifles and knives. The objective in war is to kill the enemy before he kills you. I can't fathom the almost religious zeal with which the use of drones is being opposed.

American public opinion is like an ocean, it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon.

In real life I avoid all parties altogether, but on paper I can mingle with the best of them.

I like pressure. Pressure doesn't make me crack. It's enabling. I eat pressure, and there might be times when I get a bad feeling in my gut that this might be too much, but you feel pressure when you're not doing something, you know?