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

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.

Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best; God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it.

Try to be the best even if you can't be the best, you will be among the betters.

A few diaries could replace tons of self help books simply because their written in the first person...

I'm going to be the next head coach at Notre Dame.

The long days seduce all thought away, and we lie like the lizards in the sun, postponing our lives indefinitely.

If I don't have pressure, I don't function.

The object of the state is always the same: to limit the individual, to tame him, to subordinate him, to subjugate him.

I do not approve of children being beaten. It is always a confession of failure.

I am sure there are many things better than a good cigar, but right now, I can't think of what they might be.

He had her in his heart, but not always in his mind.