Inactivity is the beginning of all vice.

Grace is not something for which I must look in my heart. It is in the heart of God.

Always assume your opponent to be smarter than you.

No reasonable man, much less a Christian, can or should take part in the efforts of Communists and Socialists

We are not here for the sake of possessions, or of power. Or of happiness, but we are here to transfigure the divine out of human spirit.

A man must be strong enough to mold the peculiarity of his imperfections into the perfection of his peculiarities.

A person is either a Christian or not; there is no in between state

I do feel ashamed of having participated to the slightest even as a tool in those dark days. But I was obliged to serve the state to which I had taken an oath. It was a tragic fate.

Knowledge is the death of research.

Three hundred men, each of whom knows all the other, govern the fate of the European continent, and they elect their successors from their entourage.

I can spot a musical type. I can tell by looking at a woman whether she is a contralto or a soprano.

Getting through life without a lot of money, possessions, and/or friends is admirable, especially if it is by choice.

I don’t give up on people, even when they give up on me.

A good character is not only about the good person people know you to be. Your ability to tell the truth about how bad you had been is also a good character.

The angry person is acutely sensitive to all they are owed by the world, and blind to all they have received

Friendship has always belonged to the core of my spiritual journey.

The real excitement is playing the game.

Youth are becoming the site of society's nightmares.

There were stars. They burned my eyes.

My unanticipated success as a sportscaster is a perfect example of the importance of saying yes to yourself, even when you are uncertain.