I desire no other proof of Christianity than the Lord's Prayer.

Goethe has made a remark upon the perfectability of the human mind, which is full of sagacity: It is always advancing, but in a spiral line.

Love is the symbol of eternity.

Enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'

Prayer is the life of the soul.

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

History judged causes' greatness proportionally by how many individuals, themselves powerless to affect any outcomes of consequence, suffered and died in their service.

I have a vision of the world as a global village, a world without boundaries.

We must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering.

To the extent that we sow love where there is hate and light where there is darkness, each in his or her own walk in life, we can heal, enlighten, and unify.

I love my music so much, and I love what I'm doing so much that that has become my other half-rather than another person.

Don't ask why the patient is the way he is, ask for what he would change.

If you work all the time, you lose the intermittence of reflection and thought at every stage. Take breaks - for you and your work.

I had a Vincent van Gogh, a small Provençal landscape. We sold it. If you're going to have a van Gogh it should be a really good van Gogh.

I grew up with a lot of fairy tales. And they had an essence of darkness to them.

Surely, it is much easier to respect a man who has always had respect, than to respect a man who we know was last year no better than ourselves, and will be no better next year.