Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom.

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.

We live in a world where expectation exceed inspiration

Healing happens when we learn how to listen to our body. Your body knows exactly what it needs to be radiantly healthy.

With enough mental gymnastics, just about any fact can become misshapen in favor to one's confirmation bias.

James Joyce buried himself in his great work. _Finnegan's Wake_ is his monument and his tombstone. A dead end.

It's appalling that there should be hunger anywhere, but particularly in a country like America, where there is also such great wealth.

You're only given as much as you can handle at any given time. Whether it's true or not, it gives you the strength.

Economics is really politics in disguise.

All things are full of God.

Liberals sit from this lofty perch of pomposity, but they are the champions of ignorance. They don't know what they're talking about.

He was a martyr of peace but was the victim of hate. If people can't let go of the hatred of their enemies they risk sowing the seeds of hate among themselves.