It’s quite certain there are places to which the whole past is as though attached, on which are traced in secret letters for people who are centuries removed from us their thoughts, their will…

Nothing so removes a man from his inner, mysterious, real life, nothing makes him so deaf and dumb as the picture of these petty passions and petty crimes which calls itself the world of politics.

In olden days people were worse than us but knew much more than us.

The soulless have no need of melancholia

Pride is the chalice into which all human sins are poured: it glitters and jingles and its arabesque lures your gaze, while your lips involuntarily touch the seductive beverage.

Live in the question...Leave all the answers blank...Let's play with the magic of uncertainty

That's how birthdays were in our house. All hateful charades of pretty clothes, expensive presents, and ugly words . . .

We cannot instantaneously force ourselves to forgive—and forgiveness happens at a different pace for everyone and is dependent on the particulars of any given situation.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

I'd say to anyone trying to break into the business: Don't just be interested in movies. Be interested in life. Be a person. Be in touch.

Too often in Washington special interests urge us to fight one another just because we belong to different parties. It is time for this to stop and for Washington to focus on what needs to be done.

No child can repay his father unless he finds him enslaved and then buys him and sets him free.

I am influenced by books which dont have their eye on the endgame, but which try to be entertaining on each and every page.

How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God's mercy.