Above all things, I delight in listening to stories, and sometimes in telling them.

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.

It is still beautiful to hear the heart beatbut often the shadow seems more real than the body.

At the unconscious level, Americans believe that good people succeed, that success is bestowed upon you by God. Your success demonstrates that God loves you.

God created you in His own image.

Why, could the good man not impose his will, control his wife? asked Mrs. Carew, who always made much of masculine authority in her talk with friends but ruled the roost at home.

Let's just say I was testing the bounds of reality...

I try to talk as little as possible, unless I see something that I might disagree with.

One should make the best choice possible given the circumstances, and then avoid second-guessing for the sake of one's own sanity.

Imagine a weight-loss program at the end of which, instead of better health, good looks, and hot romantic prospects, you die. Somalia had become just this kind of spa.

Members of trusting teams admit weaknesses and mistakes, take risks in offering feedback and assistance, and focus time and energy on important issues, not politics.

Never Googled myself. I use a computer for market quotes and news, but I've never Googled myself. But I have visited their headquarters.