An evening like this would be empty without some reference to [politics] so let's just think of this as empty.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't search for people, the right persons will come to you at the right time

When the Sun of compassion arises darkness evaporates and the singing birds come from nowhere.

You’re going to listen to me, and for once you’re going to hear what I say and not read between lines that aren’t there.

I do not see the point in dressing and acting and speaking in a way that makes you feel more comfortable and me feel less comfortable.

The girls I grew up with they're living normal, adult lives. So they call me now and they're like, 'Amy, I'm pregnant.' And I still react like, 'What are you going to do? I'll drive you, I guess.

In a conversation, keep in mind that you're more interested in what you have to say than anyone else is.

Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin!

I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way-under the hoop.

The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word.

Perfection is an impossible destination