A person who has a cat by the tail knows a whole lot more about cats than someone who has just read about them.

The church is always trying to get other people to reform, it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example

To write without pay until somebody offers pay. If nobody offers pay within three years, the candidate may look upon this circumstance with the most implicit confidence as the sign that sawing wood is what he was intended for.

He had only one vanity; he thought he could give advice better than any other person.

In forgiving, people are not being asked to forget. On the contrary, it is important to remember, so that we should not let such atrocities happen again. Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. It means taking what happened seriously...drawing out the sting in the memory that threatens our entire existence.

All gods are better than their reputation.

I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.