For faith, properly understood, does not contradict reason in the least; indeed...it is nothing less than the will to keep one's mind fixed precisely on what reason has discovered to it.

Atheists tend to read only each other’s books and not the work of the religious thinkers they are supposedly refuting.

Sometimes the only path we can maneuver is from the bed to the bathroom. That's okay. Let your journey be what it is . Just keep moving.

Don't let your ego put you in a compromising situation. Don't allow your pride to keep you from seeking the help you need. And don't give in to your fears. Stay focused.

When it comes to mental illness most of the diagnoses are similar or the same yet they can never display how we individually go through our pain.

And always, there was the magic of learning things.

In 1956 I was granted the biggest reward of my career: my wife, Josée Jongen.

I've always shrunk from usurping the functions of Providence, and when I have to exercise them I decidedly prefer that it shouldn't be on an errand of destruction.

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

I'm not a mediator or a negotiator. I don't want to be one.

Love is a tyrant sparing none.

The only thing all successful people have in common is that they're successful, so don't waste your time copying "the successful strategies" of others.