Free will is not the liberty to do whatever one likes, but the power of doing whatever one sees ought to be done, even in the very face of otherwise overwhelming impulse. There lies freedom, indeed.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

Music fills the soul with divine beauty of pure love and life.

Discipline is a kind of divine hand for the mankind on the matter of achieving great successes!

I will carry you kicking and screaming like a child then spank you. We can do this my way or yours.

Don't play to beat someone, play to win.

Neglect kills injuries, revenge increases them.

My music is evidence of my souls will to live.

What was the good of dreaming of adventure if you turned your back on the first one that came your way?

What we lack is a good, strong business climate with lower taxes, fairer regulation.

John McCain is the guy that has advocated for war everywhere. He would bankrupt the nation.

Completing a piece of art and using all of the elements of making a film, was satisfying, for sure.