Life without literature is a life reduced to penury.
To almost die is to know that one day you will, and to never again feel the same about anything.
I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.
I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is.
I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power.
If everybody, every day, would try to do one thing that pulls them beyond themselves the world will start being a better place.
Night fell clean and cold in Dublin, and wind moaned beyond my room as if a million pipes played the air.
You know, this dialogue is only helpful when we come, both of us, to a point and realize that no dialogue is possible, that no dialogue is necessary. When I say 'understanding', 'seeing', they mean something different to me. Understanding is a state of being where the question isn't there any more; there is nothing there that says "now I understand!" - that's the basic difficulty between us. By understanding what I am saying, you are not going to get anywhere.
Science produces an incomparably lyrical state in this man.
In nine companies out of ten the factor of fluctuation has been a more dominant and important consideration in the matter of investment than has the factor of long-term growth or decline
Do you trust that God is for you even when He doesn’t give you what you asked for?