Victor Hugo

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

One can resist the invasion of an army, but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.

Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats.

I don’t mind what Congress does, as long as they don’t do it in the streets and frighten the horses.

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.

For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can’t readily accept the God formula, the big answers don’t remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command or faith a dictum. I am my own God. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It’s them twisting it that ruins it for me.

Live happily in the present moment. It is the only moment we have.

Perhaps the most spiritual thing any of us can do is simply to look through our own eyes, see with the eyes of wholeness, and act with integrity and kindness.

I’m the fifth generation of Seventh Day Adventists and the youngest of four brothers. When I was still very small, we formed a gospel quartet.

If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

The Christian’s Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool.

A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes.

If something is easy for you, work on it a little. If it’s hard for you, work on it a lot.

One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is.

There is no path to happiness: Happiness is the path.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.