Do we always, always to the point of misery, do a thing?

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Hiding what you feel inside is like running away from what you are.

Not, not mine: it's somebody else's wound; I could never have borne it. So take the thing that happened, hide it, stick it in the ground; whisk the lamps away.

God's love is not wearied by our sins & is relentless in its determination that we be cured at whatever cost to us or Him

It's easier to die when you have lived, than it is to die when you haven't. So I say to all young people, go make memories; beautiful memories. Because when the time comes to go, you won't go alone.

When you have learned God's secret of trusting, you will see that a life yielded up to His working is one of rest and power.

I think the education system is great just the way it is. There's kids in my neighborhood in Los Angeles, seven years old, that can already speak fluent Spanish.

The velocity and volume on the Web are so great that nothing is forgotten and nothing is remembered.

If blood be shed, let it be our own. Let us cultivate the calm courage to die without killing.

Sometimes the simplest pictures are the hardest to get.

People are put into your life for seasons, for different reasons, and to teach you lessons.