In a word, poetry can not exist without emotion, or, if you will, without a movement of the soul which regulates the words.

Speak about Christ only when you are asked. But live so that people ask about Christ!

Intelligence is nothing without delight.

Jesus did not come to explain away suffering or remove it. He came to fill it with His Presence.

Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.

Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne.

When man tries to imagine Paradise on earth, the immediate result is a very respectable Hell.

Time: all things consume it, love alone makes use of it.

Eighty years old! No eyes left, no ears, no teeth, no legs, no wind! And when all is said and done, how astonishingly well one does without them.

All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable.

We must not seek happiness in peace, but in conflict.

You're a Scott, " the Dark said, his lips peeled back in displeasure, as if just saying the word was revolting."And you're Irish. I'm so glad we got that settled.

But people had forgotten there was a day in the not too distant past when they’d not seen or heard of bombings, and suicide vests, and snipers. Alicia, though, had not forgotten.

The stressful life leads to neglect of spirituality and wellness.

My dad is so unique in what he does. It's not like I'm taking a torch from him and doing his thing. I hope I've carried from him a little bit of a sense of irony, a little bit of a wink.

God doesn't want you to go to church. He wants you to want to go to church.

Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.

The Law of Attraction attracts to you everything you need, according to the nature of your thought life.

New Yorkers are nice about giving you street directions; in fact, they seem quite proud of knowing where they are themselves.

Women's regular bleeding engenders phantoms.

What to do with your one life? The same thing you would do if you had two lives, and this were the second.