From his cradle to his grave a man never does a single thing which has any FIRST AND FOREMOST object but one -- to secure peace of mind, spiritual comfort, for HIMSELF.

You need not expect to get your book right the first time. Go to work and revamp or rewrite it. God only exhibits his thunder and lightning at intervals, and so they always command attention. These are God's adjectives. You thunder and lightning too much; the reader ceases to get under the bed, by and by.

The Creator made Italy from designs by Michelangelo.

Who are we to create a heaven and hell for ourselves, excluding animals and plants in the bargain, just because we have the power to rationalize?

No man that has ever lived has done a thing to please God--primarily. It was done to please himself, then God next.

Human Beings are the only animals that blush, or need to.

The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten