Aloneness is a wise teacher. Kierkegaard remarked that one sign of spiritual maturity was the ability to be comfortable when alone.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

A cheery relaxation is man's natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not with doing something it considers waterfall-like.

You have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED.

No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.

You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them

Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement.

We can accept God becoming Man to save Man, but not Man becoming God to save himself.

Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.

I was born to serve.

Because of course, for every revelation of weakness, there had to be an equal and opposite show of strength.

I sincerely want peace, not because I lack resources for war, but because I hate bloodshed.

Ukraine is a tinderbox, and the fuse is lit. There is no solution through violence in Ukraine.

Teaching, may I say, is the noblest profession of all in a democracy.

Life for the unhappy is an endless search for 'the good parent,' one who will truly love him instead of making him afraid.

I love Canada, always.

Something is always happening somewhere.

The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side