It is in the ordinary duties and labors of life that the Christian can and should develop his spiritual union with God.

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.

‎"Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.

The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds

Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.

In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace. In such places love can blossom.

People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.

Love is not a matter of getting what you want. Quite the contrary. The insistence on always having what you want, on always being satisfied, on always being fulfilled, makes love impossible.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

It is my belief, that we should not be too sure of having found Christ in ourselves until we have found him also in that part of humanity that is most remote from our own.

You cannot discover God without discovering people

I've learnt that solitude is sometimes a path that leads to peace

That which is unjust can really profit no one; that which is just can really harm no one.

Sport teaches you about commitment and to dedicate yourself. Whether you make it to the top or not, sport gives you great skills that you can use in life.

Whenever I get a free day, I drive up to some part of California that looks promising on the map.

[Kirk] Johnson throws some heavy punches and is a knockout fighter. This is what people want to see. They want to see a fight, they want to see punches and they want to see action.

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive.

If I hadn't believed it, then I wouldn't have seen it

When you're a kid, you listen to what your family is listening to. For my family, it was bluegrass.

The weight of love Has buoyed me up Till my head Knocks against the sky.