Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions.

Some fatherlands are difficult. Germany is one of them. But it is our fatherland. Here is where we live and work.

Trust cannot be commanded; and yet it is also correct that the only one who earns trust is the one who is prepared to grant trust.

I appeal to the responsibility of the blocs and the major powers, not to seek security in the arms race, but rather in a meeting for joint disarmament and arms limitations.

Insecurity and resignation mingle with the hope for a better order.

Disarmament requires trust.

Liberal democracy must finally become the vital element of our society.

One of our most noble political tasks is to open up trust.

Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth.

Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible.

The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe.

Personal experience is the basis of all real literature.

I don't believe in Religion. I believe in Connection, Relationship and Spirituality.

Your absence in my life is testing me every second. It has gifted me incompleteness, pain, and hope.

God wants to use you in spite of your weaknesses. Of God chose to use perfect people only, He’d have no one to use

Playing the Mammy of Miss Leigh was just about the biggest thrill I've ever had

Reality is for people that lack imagination.

If you want to work on the core problem, it's early school literacy.

God isn't offended by your biggest dreams or boldest prayers. He is offended by anything less. If your prayers aren't impossible to you, they are insulting to God.

Life is too short to be taken seriously.

Occasionally, in the middle of a conversation her name would be mentioned, and she would run down the steps of a chance sentence, without turning her head.