Be beautiful if you can, wise if you want to, but be respected - that is essential.

For he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God.

When we rest, our energy is restored.

The Holy Spirit not only convicts of sin but also convinces men that Jesus is the righteousness of God. He shows sinners that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.

I am half child, half ancient.

Courage is not a virtue or value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundations that underlies and gives reality to all other virtue and personal values. (p. 13)

There are three stages in scientific discovery. First, people deny that it is true, then they deny that it is important; finally they credit the wrong person.

It is notorious that we speak no more than half-truths in our ordinary conversation, and even a soliloquy is likely to be affected by the apprehension that walls have ears.

She turned towards me and narrowed her eyes...narrowed them horizontally, not vertically.

It is the power of music to carry one directly into the mental state of the composer.

Part of it has to do with this business of being approached in public. I have a distinctive look - it's partly the glasses I wear - and people seem to remember me once they've seen me.