According to the New Testament, God wills that the church be a people who show what God is like.

We spend so much time and expend so much energy trying to gain a sense of worth from othersultimately, only God's opinion of us matters.

He’s jealous because lions are better hunters.”--Monroe “Are you compensating for something, Monroe?” --Bastian

To work effectively as an agent of change in a pluralistic society, it is necessary to be able to connect with people different from oneself.

He smiled despite the grief he felt at the deaths of his men; he smiled because that was what he did. That was how he proved to the Lord Ruler-and to himself-that he wasn't beaten.

I've always felt lucky because my parents included my sister and I in their cultural life.

A TV show can't hold people and institutions to account like good journalism can.

The only time I'll get good reviews is if I kill myself.

More than once my mother would point out: "Harry Belafonte is the best-looking man on the planet."

No one can tell you what your path is . . . but someday you'll discover it. . . and it won't be at all what you expected.

The painter celebrates life where he finds it. His morality is the morality of enjoyment, of the continuous development of his own taste without shame or fear. It is a sort of heroism.

Pain does not create a long-lasting memory, but the memory of luxury exerts itself for ever.