A man may sink by such slow degrees that, long after he is a devil, he may go on being a good churchman or a good dissenter and thinking himself a good Christian.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

Rebuilding relationship requires a lifelong discipline and commitment.

His eyes saved him. What they insisted on seeing and reporting to him took him out of the autism of terror.

When enacted, health care reform provides generous tax credits to help people afford their health insurance premiums.

You can't look at what's looking. You can't think about that which is prior to thought.

I think that there is no supernatural dimension. The natural world is quite wonderful enough. The more we know about it, the much more wonderful it is than any supernatural proposition.

I dont know if im running because i'm scared or if i'm scared because i'm running.

I know he wants to get serious. He's definitely not a player, not a poser, not a loser, not a user.

Ideas often last but a day; feelings, dreams almost forever.

The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.

The creation itself is full of griefs. How can one understand joy if there is no sorrow? And how can everyone be happy at the same time?