I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.

God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.

I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.

When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.

A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.

Peace is a process of self-realization, a realization that peace resides inside us, in our inner calmness and tranquility.

I believe one of the best ways to achieve justice is to expose injustice.

I lived for the night, because I could go over to your house. It was the only thing that kept me going. You were the only thing, actually. It was… you.

New York is a place that can grind you down and spit you out. A true New Yorker doesn't get ground down, he gets polished.

The rule I use is, If it doesn't come out of the ground looking the way it looks when you eat it, be careful. There's no such thing as a PowerBar tree.

Selfishness is not living your life as you wish to live it. Selfishness is wanting others to live their lives as you wish them to.

There is one quality that characterizes all of us who deal with the sciences of the earth and its life - we are never bored.

Against those skilled in attack, an enemy does not know where to defend; against the experts in defense, the enemy does not know where to attack.

Parents don't make mistakes because they don't care, but because they care so deeply.