Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her down.

I don't share blame. I don't share credit. And I don't share desserts.

Art is the signature of civilizations.

There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar.

There is no shortcut to anyplace worth going.

Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.

Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade.

Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.

Intimacy starts with a relationship with yourself, an understanding of who you are.

Language is not neutral. It is not merely a vehicle which carries ideas. It is itself a shaper of ideas.

Relax in my love and in turn pour forth that Divine Love out to the world.

No nation ought to keep a navy larger than is necessary to do police duty.

Integrity is the core of our character.

You have to be able to tolerate what you don't necessarily like so you can be free.

The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.

I love dressing up, though I have to hide my rubbish hair in a hat.