We always prefer war on our own terms to peace on someone else's.
Your best work always seems to have been done by someone else.
When "Why not do it?" barely outweighs "Why do it?" — don't do it.
We are never more self-righteous than when giving up what we should have shunned all along.
Tough and funny and a little bit kind: that is as near to perfection as a human being can be.
Don't look for God where He is needed most; if you didn't bring Him there, He isn't there.