I believe in fate, never in chance.

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.

Remember to remember: sometimes your adversary is your biggest asset. Where would David be without Goliath? Jesus without Judas?

Here, then, is the last moment of true perception, a man fishing in a red jacket and a cloudy sky reflected on opaque water.

Between the sands of time is a multitude of truths untold.

I've always been a guy who wants to play sports, not watch them.

In basketball, you can be the greatest individual player in the world and still lose every game, because a team will always beat an individual.

We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next.

And I have no doubt that the American people generally believe the world is safer, and that we are safer, when we are stronger

I don't want to be surrounded by 'yes men'. I want people who'll disagree with me, even if it costs them their jobs.

I don't believe in right-angled turning points.