Even the most despotic government cannot stand except for the consent of the governed.... Immediately the subject ceases to fear the despotic force, his power is gone.

Where there is love there is life.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

The future depends on what you do today.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

When you travel, buy a historical book about the place, read to increase your knowledge on the beautiful places of the world.

The bad stuff that is part and parcel of contrived social existence takes a back seat when you concentrate on the heart of Life itself.

Money is necessary -- both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.

What will be the death of me are buillabaisses, food spiced with pimiento, shellfish, and a load of exquisite rubbish which I eat in disproportionate quantities.

Characters last. Beautiful writing lasts. A compelling narrative lasts. Art survives long after ideas go extinct.

I don't watch a lot of reality TV.

If I obey Jesus Christ in the seemingly random circumstances of life, they become pinholes through which I see the face of God.

I have a thing for tools.

I would rather create a precedent than find one.

Thou seest I have more flesh than another man, and therefore more frailty.