The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
~ C.S. Lewis

I never said I was worth it. I only said I wouldn't do it for less.
~ William F. Buckley

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.
~ James Dean

I have often felt a bitter sense of sorrow at the thought of the German people, which is so estimable in the individual and so wretched in the generality.
~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The difference between fiction and reality: Fiction must make sense.

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
~ Ronald Reagan

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it.
~ Upton Sinclair

I'm not too worried about the deficit. It's big enough to take care of itself.
~ Ronald Reagan

No-one arrives in Hell surprised.
~ St. Robert Bellarmine

Abundance breeds arrogance.
~ Argentinian proverb

When the eyes leak, the head won't swell.

We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ignorance is bliss.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte

An expert is somebody who is more than 50 miles from home, has no responsibility for implementing the advice he gives, and shows slides.
~ Edwin Meese

Communism is the time countries waste between capitalism and capitalism.
~ Carlos Alberto Montaner

Silence in the face of evil is itself evil; God will not hold us guiltless.
Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer

It is sad that the modern world’s expectation of man’s ability to control every event in life has lead to the dismissal of misfortune; so much so that “bad luck” is perceived as personal weakness.