A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against...

It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. William Ernest Henley, From the poem “Invictus”

For every thousand hacking at the leaves of evil, there is one striking at the root. Henry Thoreau

Spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison. Clive Lewis

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love...

James, you ought to discover some day that words have an exact meaning. Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, 1957

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. E.L. Doctorow

Your security does not lie in the hands of Kerry, Bush or al-Qaeda. Your security is in your own hands. Osama Bin Laden, BBC