A humble knowledge of ourselves is a surer way to God than is the search for depth of learning.

Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!

If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself in the distorted mirror of your own self-importance.

To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

Love feels no burden, regards not labors, strives toward more than it attains, argues not of impossibility, since it believes that it may and can do all things.

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Don't think so much about who is for or against you, rather give all your care, that God be with you in everything you do.

Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.

I was too proud to show him how hurt I was.

My English is not very good-looking.

The audience wants to be attracted not by the critics, but by a great story. You must deliver to the audience emotion - and when I say emotion, I mean suspense, drama, love.

For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad.

Interest is theft, Rent Robbery, and Profit Only Another Name for Plunder.

Criticism is not construction, it is observation.

Do I gotta go sell me a whole lotta crack for decent shelter and clothes on my back?

Fiction is nothing less than the subtlest instrument for self-examination and self-display that Mankind has invented yet.

What I am after is the first impression - I want to show all one sees on first entering the room - what my eye takes in at first glance.

Peace is a great goal, but it is not a panacea. Neither is material wealth.