In the presence of the storm, thunderbolts, hurricane, rain, darkness, and the lions, which might be concealed but a few paces away, he felt disarmed and helpless.

Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh.

He always smiles, even when contemplating nothing good.

England is never in a hurry because she is eternal.

...he began to fear whether in the presence of far greater events, all his acts would not fade into insignificance, just as a drop of rain disappears into the sea.

Like nature, women are the creative power behind all of creation.

So you're a little weird? Work it! A little different? OWN it! Better to be a nerd than one of the herd!

The point of power is always in the present moment.

I like to focus on what I'm doing now, which is giving back. I've done interventions with people I've been close to.

If they came sorrowing, and wanting sympathy in a complicated trouble like the present, then they would be felt as a shadow in all these houses of intimate acquaintances, not friends

Familiarity breeds democracry.

I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.

When you give a gift to one of God's children, you give a gift to God.

If a composer could state in words what being a composer means, he would no longer need to be a composer.

I have lived long enough to learn how much there is I can really do without.... He is nearest to God who needs the fewest things.