A mother is a bank where I deposit all my worries and hurts

The pen is the lever that moves the world.

I like the Bible folded between lids of cloth, or calfskin, or morocco, but I like it better when, in the shape of a man, it goes out into the world-a Bible illustrated.

I wish that I could marshall all the young to an appreciation of the fact that you have an earnest work in life and your amusements and recreations are only to help you along in that work.

God puts his ear so closely down to your lips that he can hear your faintest whisper.

In the lottery of life there are more prizes drawn than blanks, and to one misfortune there are fifty advantages. Despondency is the most unprofitable feeling a man can indulge in.

Logic has its use and metaphysics has its use, but neither of them is of much help in the making of a creed.

One good, hearty laugh is a bombshell exploding in the right place, while spleen and discontent are a gun that kicks over the man who shoots it off.

What may we expect of people who work all day and dance all night? After a while they will be thrown on society nervous, exhausted imbeciles.

Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.

By the 1990s, longevity will be so improved that 150 years will be no unusual age to reach.

If we read the Word of God, we shall know the will of God.

For seldom shall she hear a tale So sad so tender yet so true.

It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one's enemies with courage.

I promise to crush Israel and return it to the humiliation and wretchedness of the Koran.

Honesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, but honesty with compassion.

We seem to spend a lot of our time in very small spaces spouting a lot of dialogue very quickly.

Exceed due measure, and the most delightful things become the least delightful.

Happiness is a question of attitude, not a question of what's happening out there.

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

I think most people know the concept of difficult family situations. So I try to just ground a very big concept in something we can all relate to on some level.