Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor

Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia.

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.

The quality of life is more important than life itself.

Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.

Men grow when inspired by a high purpose, when contemplating vast horizons. The sacrifice of oneself is not very difficult for one burning with the passion for a great adventure.

Prayer is the most powerful form of energy one can generate....It supplies us with a flow of sustaining power in our daily lives.

Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.

It is faith, and not reason, which impels men to action... Intelligence is content to point out the road, but never drives us along it.

All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.

The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained.

Action is the pulse of any good story, but the character is the heart. If the action has no consequence to the character, the story loses heart.

To those of you who are enslaved by your past, may my story set you free. For youth is innocent and its beauty is to always be cherished.

A lack of patience in trifling matters might lead to the disruption of great project.

... it's a blessed thing to love and feel loved in return.

Alas! when passion is both meek and wild!

I have a lot of LGBT friends and family members and I've always supported the community, not only as a child but as an adult, and I think it's important to voice that.

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

I feel better. I feel hornier. I feel more womanly and more accomplished and prouder. [after having her daughter]

We have to fight the terrorists as if there were no rules and preserve our open society as if there were no terrorists.

Because the church has moved away from the gospel anytime you move away from the gospel, you at the same time move toward pretense, you move toward image-keeping, you move toward the need to pretend.