As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.

He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.

We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.

The measure of love is love without measure.

Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.

What we love we shall grow to resemble.

The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.

there are four degrees of love: 1) Love of self for self's sake. 2) Love of God for self's sake. 3) Love of God for God's own sake. 4) Love of self for God's sake.

The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.

The rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man's heart.

Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.

Books appear to be the most immediate instruments of speculative delight.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

The essence of justice is mercy.

Music must be seen, and dance must be heard

My moods are inversely related to the clarity of the sky.

Feel that you are happy without any cause for happiness.

I've done a lot of films that all have been pretty edgy.

I am too old to have ever been very worried about what "genre" any given book of mine might be. I read everything. I am easily amused.

I remember thinking that I'd way rather give my parents my money, and not have to like have them go to work anymore, you know what I mean. Because I'd way rather spend more time with them.