Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.

The things that we love tell us what we are.

To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.

We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.

For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.

If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.

To love is to will the good of the other.

Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.

How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

Politics is for the moment and equation is for eternity.

In my thirties, I felt I had hold of one of the reins some of the time.

We may be different races and religions but we are all part of the same human family

I don't preach a social gospel; I preach the Gospel, period. The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is concerned for the whole person.

My role models are Bettie Page and Mia Kirshner. Every day when Mia comes to work she raises the bar for us all.

A battle is developing between them' I say developing, because it's not yet on.

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.

Most people are either awakened to or are strengthened in their spiritual journey by experiences in the natural world.

It takes leaders to grow other leaders.