Imagination shrinks from the consequences.

One hesitates to open a new chapter when the old one is not resolved.

It is presumptuous to draw conclusions about a person from what one has heard

It is our feelings that guide us and they can never lead us wrong

When you are in love- everything is romantic

No expectations mean there is no risk of disappointment.

If someone tries to use you as a tool, you shouldn't mind it, because it is their choice and folly, not yours.

I can always forgive where I understand.

You cannot believe everything you hear

I am no faint-heart when it comes to the unpleasant truth. Indeed I have always taken a bracing sort of pleasure in facing it.

People argue themselves out of their pleasures

Have and show motivation to do and learn. That's the key for a good career. Everything else is an extrapolation of that.

My goal, with whatever I'm working on, is to lose track of time.

Jesus is no draughtsman of political blueprints, he is the one who vanquished evil through suffering. It looked as though evil had triumphed on the cross, but the real victory belonged to Jesus.

I wrote my thesis on the benefits of war and very near got thrown out of college. But I can show you where the greatest advancement of mankind comes under stress and strain, not comfort.

In the restaurant it's much more serious.

I like the feeling of being able to confront an experience and resolve it as art.

The smallest of disciplines, practiced every day, start an incredible process that can change our lives forever.

Use romantic relationships to grow, not to lose yourself. Keep your priorities in order.

Sometimes you have to face up to your fears to realize that they aren't actually real.