Man always travels along precipices... His truest obligation is to keep his balance.

Let us remember the past with gratitude, live the present with enthusiasm, and look forward to the future with confidence.

I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.

The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.

Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.

If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.

The way Jesus shows you is not easy. Rather, it is like a path winding up a mountain. Do not lose heart! The steeper the road, the faster it rises towards ever wider horizons.

Nobody is so poor he has nothing to give, and nobody is so rich he has nothing to receive.

Allow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father's love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus.

When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.

You are quite the beauty. If no one has ever told you that before, know that right now. You are quite the beauty.

To mention a loved object, a person, or a place to someone else is to invest that object with reality.

The world is our responsibility. We cannot evade it.

I look on my life as raw material for my novels: that's just the way I am, and it frees me from any inhibitions.

I wonder if the conversations you've never had with someone count, if you've been over them a thousand times in your mind.

In general, our generals were outgeneralled.

I love cartoons. So when they came to me to make Ice Age and this sequel, I was so happy.

I wonder if our names determine our destiny, or if destiny leads us to choose certain names.

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.