Death is never sweet, not even if it is suffered for the highest ideal.

Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'

Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.

It takes a moment to tell someone you love them, but it takes a lifetime to prove it.

Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

The lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness.

The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.

The scars left from the child's defeat in the fight against irrational authority are to be found at the bottom of every neurosis.

To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.

Increasing food production to feed an increased population results in yet another increase in population.

In the real world, if you're in a car chase, you're going to hit a million things and your car is going to end up a total wreck by the end.

Oh! Your hand is cold." Ashley cupped her fingers against her shirt to warm them. "I've been dead for seven years," Noah said. "That's as warm as they get.

I'm a jock and I'm an athlete, and that's what I love to do.

I think the one person that has the most influence on me is the Lord.

Writing imaginative tales for the young is like sending coals to Newcastle. For coals.

The discipline of live theater - doing the same perfect thing night after night, eight times a week - never ceases to amaze me

Do not be depressed. Do not let your weakness make you impatient. Instead, let the serenity of your spirit shine through your face. Let the joy of your mind burst forth.

Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts. -Maggie