It is not only by dint of lying to others, but also of lying to ourselves, that we cease to notice that we are lying.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.

My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.

When you work to please others you can't succeed, but the things you do to satisfy yourself stand a chance of catching someone's interest.

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.

One must never miss an opportunity of quoting things by others which are always more interesting than those one thinks up oneself.

If we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two.

Sometimes in this life, under the stress of an exceptional emotion, people do say what they think.

Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to power is to choose to limit oneself- to serve.

People vote for whom they believe will be the best president and representative for our country. The First Lady is not on the ballot.

My words did not seem to reach her. Or, if they did, she was unable to grasp their meaning.

Life is full of traps: Poisons can be sweet

My faith reminds me that we all are sinners.

Of course it should be pointed out that, though all salvation is through Jesus, we need not conclude that he cannot save those who have not explicitly accepted him in this life.

I dunno, there were always people believing in me, but you just gotta be confident in whatever you wanna do.

The few people who ask to have their photographs with me, I almost always say yes, except for a few circumstances, like when my family is around.

Death is not a journey into an unknown land; it is a voyage home. We are going, not to a strange country, but to our fathers house.

Science is the natural ally of religion.