It may be infinitely worse to refuse to forgive than to murder, because

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

The gift of willingness is the only thing that stands between the quiet desperation of a disingenuous life and the actualization of unexpressed potential.

Obedience is the master key to effectual prayer.

More than anything, it is that sense - that despite great differences in wealth, we rise and fall together - that we can't afford to lose.

Survival feels like cowardice.

There are no conditions to which a man cannot become accustomed.

Today, computers are almost second nature to most of us.

I feel a great sense of pride and joy knowing that I played a part in bringing into the world more beauty and excitement.

When you've fallen on the highway / and you're lying in the rain, / and they ask you how you're doing / of course you'll say you can't complain.

Christ sent me to preach the gospel and he will look after the results.

I know that if there’s a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.