We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.

because if you can’t kill then you are always subject to those who can, and nothing and no one will ever save you.

America's intellectual community has never been very bright. Or honest. They're all sheep, following whatever the intellectual fashion of the decade happens to be. Demanding that everyone follow their dicta in lockstep. Everyone has to be open-minded and tolerant of the things they believe, but God forbid they should ever concede, even for a moment, that someone who disagrees with them might have some fingerhold of truth.

Good people aren't good because they never cause harm to others. They're good because they treat others the best way they know how, with the understanding that they have.

The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.

Life is full of grief, to exactly the degree we allow ourselves to love other people.

Any decent person who knows what warfare is can never go into battle with a whole heart.