Battles are won, not with weapons, but with God. They are won where the way leads to the cross.

The essence of a mature human being in religious terms is the ability to see, to be aware of others' suffering and to be touched by it.

It is unbelievable the amount of hate the human body can sustain before it begins to break.

We must remember that all stations are as much about life as they are obviously about death. All is redeemed. All is grist for transformation and glory.

Whenever we use our religion, as individuals, or as groups within the church, to act in tandem with political and economic groups that arrest the voice of truth or destroy others, then we are Judas.

People have only as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take.

My nails clawed against the smooth tiles as I pushed up onto my hands and knees. I rose unsteadily to my feet.Speed is my ally. Breathe. In and out. Focus. Time is my power.

Your imagination is the vehicle to enlightenment.

Poverty is being single.

You can't plan for feelings. You have to accept that. Let it scare you. Trust that it'll be okay anyway.

He’d seen a lot of bizarre items left at gravesides, like a carton of eggs, a pair of reading glasses, a bag of licorice, smooth stones, a spoon.

To to change misery, disease and failure into joy, health, success and prosperity, I must think, speak and act, in ways which are the exact reverse of how most people think, speak and act.

The Autocrat of Russia possesses more power than any other man in the earth; but he cannot stop a sneeze.

There are no guarantees. But there is also nothing to fear. We come from oblivion when we are born. We return to oblivion when we die. The astonishing thing is this period of in-between.

The essence of acting is seeing the world from another point of view. That's what acting is.