God's love for his people is so great that it turns God against himself, his love against his justice.

The 'commandment' of love is only possible because it is more than a requirement. Love can be 'commanded' because it has first been given.

Selfishness is easy to find. Selflessness is a much rarer beast.

In my childhood I led the life of a sage, when I grew up I started climbing trees

A busybody's work is never done.

I am quite an early riser - I usually get up between 5.30 and 6am and take the dogs out.

Me and my books in the same apartment, like a gherkin in its vinegar.

The first thing I notice is the sky, so full of blue and the kind of brilliant white clouds that make you ecstatic to have eyes. Nothing can go wrong under this sky.

And so I’ll let you go, and let it be. Whatever

Power doesn't have to show off. Power is confident, self-assuring, self-starting and self-stopping, self-warming and self-justifying. When you have it, you know it.

I served with General Washington in die Legislature of Virginia...and...with Doctor Franklin in Congress. I never heard neither of them speak ten minutes at a time, nor to any but the main point.

One of the photographers was like, "Can you stop talking and try to look sexy for a minute?"