I love going to the movies and being moved emotionally. I like my work, singing and writing in my journal.

Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love but to use violence to get what they want.

Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.

Never be so busy as not to think of others.

May our daily choices be a reflection of our deepest values, and may we use our voices to speak for those who need us most, those who have no voice, those who have no choice.

Holiness, as taught in the Scriptures, is not based upon knowledge on our part. Rather, it is based upon the resurrected Christ in-dwelling us and changing us into His likeness.

Satori - in the awakening from a dream. Awakening and self-realization and seeing into one's own being - these are synonymous.

Selfishness keeps man blind through life.

If people but knew their own religion, how tolerant they would become, and how free from any grudge against the religion of others.

Begin each day with God. It will change your priorities.

We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion.

Fight, Zinnia, for your soul. You only have one, and one shall remain once you've escaped his clutches... Do not give up on yourself, for strength... it comes... from God.

The most important attitude that can be formed is that of desire to go on learning.

Letter-writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company.

We're goin bowling. If we don't come back, avenge our deaths.

In those times we yearn to have more in our lives, we should dwell on the things we already have. In doing so, we will often find that our lives are already full to overflowing.

I don't like the word 'futurists.' I think we should be 'nowists.'

The work to eradicate corruption must begin from the top. It is spread like termite in our country. We have to work at all levels to eradicate corruption

The drowsy stillness of the afternoon was shattered by what sounded to his strained senses like G.K. Chesterton falling on a sheet of tin.

When I look at female characters, I want to recognize myself in them - my trials, my tribulations as a mother, as a wife, as a lover, as a daughter.

Maybe it wasn't the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.