All men who live with any degree of serenity live by some assurance of grace.

Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Every experience proves that the real problem of our existence lies in the fact that we ought to love one another, but do not.

There was a time when I had all the answers. My real growth began when I discovered that the questions to which I had the answers were not the important questions.

It's always wise to seek the truth in our opponents' error, and the error in our own truth.

Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm of relative values.

Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

In a team setting, leadership is shared by a community of people, which counters the tendency for pastors to form congregations in their own images.

A successful father is not more successful than his children.

Friendship improves happiness, abates misery by doubling our joy and dividing our grief.

We must laugh before we are happy for fear of dying without having laughed at all.

We often do to people what people are very comfortable with doing to animals without a second thought.

The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.

I order that my funeral ceremonies be extremely modest, and that they take place at dawn or at the evening Ave Maria, without song or music.

Hate engenders loneliness and despair

The Scriptures of God are my only foundation and substance in all matters of weight and importance.

If you read a script enough, especially a good script - I try to read it 40 to 50 times before you begin so you get a sense of the arc: what happens before, what happens after, what happens during.