Man alone resists the direction of gravitation: he constantly wants to fall--upwards.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

Amory thought how it was only the past that seemed strange and unbelievable.

I’m getting the feeling that you two don’t like me. - Kristy

The more a child is abused, the more the child uses his abilities to anticipate, manage, prevent, dismantle, and challenge the abusing ways of his parents.

He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace and fear:And you all know, securityIs mortals' chiefest enemy.

Religious music is by far the greatest music of the ages. What is there to compare-in rhythmic beauty, poetic sublimity, and inspired teachings-with the Psalms of David?

When your institution is under assault, you're feeling like the weight is on it and the history might be flowing away, don't turn inward, go outward.

We will never be an advanced civilization as long as rain showers can delay the launching of a space rocket.

I've had weird, weird acting jobs. Low-budget filmmaking where you find yourself in really bizarre places.

God comes to each of us in the form we can best perceive Him. To you, just now, He was a heron. To someone else, He might come as a flower or even a breeze.

He thought what a fine thing it was that people made music all over the world, even in the strangest settings – probably even on polar expeditions.