In nature, the emphasis is in what is rather than what ought to be.

The most powerful moral influence is example.

If we take the world’s enduring religions at their best, we discover the distilled wisdom of the human race.

I am profoundly moved and persuaded by the near-death experience.

All -isms end up in schisms.

We all carry it within us: supreme strength, the fullness of wisdom, unquenchable joy. It is never thwarted, and cannot be destroyed.

God is defined by Jesus but not confined to Jesus.

The object of pilgrimage is not rest and recreation – to get away from it all. To set out on a pilgrimage is to throw down a challenge to everyday life.

At the center of the religious life is a peculiar kind of joy, the prospect of a happy ending that blossoms from necessarily painful ordeals, the promise of human difficulties embraced and overcome.

Beware of the differences that blind us to the unity that binds us.

Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet.

There are only two things to be done when a general is angry: One is to get behind the furniture and pretend one is not there

Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed, increase their means of injuring you.

More than 70 percent of seniors are asking for more time. It is long overdue for Congress to listen and make sure that seniors have a prescription drug plan that works for them.

Marriage entitles women to the protection of a strong man who will steady the stepladder while they paint the kitchen ceiling.

Freethinkers are occasionally thoughtful, though never free.

When the major studios flourished many years ago, an actor was groomed, developed, and worked frequently at his craft. The studios really took care of their actors.

Everyday life inspires me, the situations that we all find ourselves in at one time or another.

Your hater is your future fan in a way. Cause when it's different they don't really take to it at first, but after you look back on it you get a chance to reflect on it.

Every part of our personality that we do not love will become hostile to us.

Mr. Janet Reno? I think Mr. Janet Reno... I think he's one of the best hunting dogs in the world.