"I believe in something. But I don't believe that anything can hold a grudge for long enough to condemn its creation to eternal punishment. Nobody can hold a grudge that long, even God."

"Sometimes you do something, and you get screwed. Sometimes it's the things you don't do, and you get screwed."

"If you start in the pit of despair with these profane, awful things, even a glimmer of hope or awareness is going to occur that's much brighter coming from this dark, awful beginning."

"Maybe it's our sins that give God consolation when he finally has to give us cancer."

"Remember that government doesn't earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first be taken from somebody else."

"It is a timeless truth that he who inspires courage in a single soul has led a monumental campaign — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a subtle truth that love is the bridge that unites two souls across the chasms of mortal solitude — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Stand firm when justice demands it, even if you stand entirely alone. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."