Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed.
If you build a better mousetrap, Nature will build a better mouse.
Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.
Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.
The less attention I pay to what people want and the more attention I pay to just writing the book I want to write, the better I do.
It's the easiest thing in the world to know God's will. You just wait and see what happens, and that's it.
I wanted a drink. There were a hundred reasons why a man will want a drink, but I wanted one now for the most elementary reason of all. I didn't want to feel what I was feeling, and a voice within was telling me that I needed a drink, that I couldn't bear it without it. But that voice is a liar. You can always bear the pain. It'll hurt, it'll burn like acid in an open wound, but you can stand it. And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going.
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
Wisdom that don't make us happier ain't worth plowing for.
Most of my critics don't even listen to me; they are clueless. They just go to Web sites that report what I say out of context.
Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence.