If there be a God and one has never sought him, it will be small consolation to remember that one could not get proof of his existence.

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.

The best fame is a writer's fame. It's enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough to get you interrupted when you eat.

Those who love their lives too much eventually lose it. While those who are ready to sacrifice their lives for others gain it.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

You know when you're young you think you will always be. As you become more fragile, you reflect and you realize how much comfort can come from the past. Hymns can carry you into the future.

I'm walking every day and just staying kind of fit, and try not to have too many bad habits. Keep it minimal.

I thought that he was righteous, but he's vain. Oh, somethings a telling me I wear the ball and chain.

The Tudors, I don't even know if I had a family back then.

I never did go back to acting class. I was too busy working.

If I ever feel that this is dangerous or I'm scared of it, then that probably draws me more towards it.

I got sort of disinterested in working for the system.