Much of the really serious trouble in the world gets going with a sense of humiliation.

You normally have to be bashed about a bit by life to see the point of daffodils, sunsets and uneventful nice days.

Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test.

The challenge for a human now is to be more interesting to another than his or her smartphone.

There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.

Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them.

Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.

Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.

One of the better guarantors of ending up in a good relationship: an advanced capacity to be alone.

To one's enemies: "I hate myself more than you ever could.

The only people we can think of as normal are those we don't yet know very well.

The doors will be opened to those who are bold enough to knock.

There are certain models who might not be considered beautiful. I think personality is more important than looks.

I can say with total conviction that it was the Holy Spirit that chose, guided the election of Pope Francis.

I'm divorced and have a son and a grandson and it is a problem being away most of the time. Living as I do, if I had a wife and children I think it would be really hard to do.

So much of my life is not about work and that is usually mainly what I do tweet about. We live a very quiet life.

Tonight the American flag floats from yonder hill or Molly Stark sleeps a widow.

I've never felt completely satisfied with what I've done. I tend to see things too critically. I'm trying to get over that.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Those who think must govern those that toil.

I don't like to stick to one formula. That gets boring. I get bored, so I want to try different ways of getting inside something.