I have no ambition to change my nature, I merely intend to conquer my dislikes.

The wish to pray is a prayer in itself.

O miracle—thus to be able to give [peace] we ourselves do not possess, sweet miracle of our empty hands!

We pay a heavy, very heavy price for the superhuman dignity of our calling. The ridiculous is always so near to the sublime. And the world, usually so indulgent to foibles, hates ours instinctively.

But I've learned now that your hard work and dedication will pay off, if you dare to be different. Because why would I want to be anything other than myself?

An old friend never can be found and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost.

I just wish we knew a little less about his urethra and a little more about his arms sales to Iran.

I grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia and one of the things I like to say is that one of the biggest impediments I had to becoming a successful writer is I had a very happy childhood.

The only imaginative prose writer of the slightest value who has appeared among the English-speaking races for some years past.

My development parameter is very simple. It is about how the poorest of the poor can benefit from development.

I don't keep up with the Joneses, I am the Joneses.

God transforms, so to speak, this air into words, into various sounds. He makes you understand these various sounds through the modifications by which you are affected.

I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.

I think we were all initially swept along with the Obama win, but he's proven to be simply a set of teeth, and useless in every other regard.