An open ear is the only believable sign of an open heart.

Happy persons seldom think of happiness. They are too busy losing their lives in the meaningful sacrifices of service.

Forgiving is...recognizing the injury, owning the pain, & reaching out.

The golden rule of friendship is to listne to others as you would have them listen to you.

Happiness is living by inner purpose, not by outer pressures. Happiness is having a sense of meaning, not a feeling of futility.

Happiness is living by inner purpose.

If chocolate is a foretaste of heaven, what does it mean that chocolate is freely available to all?

The man who forgives pays a tremendous price - the price of the evil he forgives.

In a brain scan, relational pain—that caused by isolation during punishment—can look the same as physical abuse. Is alone in the corner the best place for your child?

The [Bible’s] message is concerned with earth dwellers, their origin, the reason for their existence, the cause of their misery, and the plan of redemption for a fallen race.

All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws.

The fact that he gave her was to him a proof, and ought to be one for her as well that she belonged to him: one can only give what belongs to you.

I often have a theme in mind when I'm starting. I know that I want everything to be in a world of, say, evolution, or guilt.

There was a time when Patience ceased to be a virtue. It was long ago.

Drugs are delusive; they do not adjust anything.

You can be the one - in - a - million. Don’t be discouraged by the odds to Succeed.

All night I have suffered; all night my flesh has trembled to bring forth its gift. The sweat of death is on my forehead; but it is not death, it is life!

When two mouths, made sacred by love, draw near to each other to create, it is impossible, that above that ineffable kiss there should not be a thrill in the immense mystery of the stars.