Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

Always desire to learn something useful

Believe that a further shore is reachable from here.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.

Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness.

Be obscure clearly.

No longer can we be satisfied with a life where the heart has its reasons which reason cannot know. Our hearts must know the world of reason, and reason must be guided by an informed heart.

I disappear from the public eye and get rediscovered quite often.

A space program that truly goes somewhere! With his deeds, not only words, President Obama has revitalized our struggling space program.

What will happen in your life if you accept the invitation to stillness cannot be known ... what can be known is you will have a larger capacity to truly meet whatever appears.

Our relatives are ours by chance, but we can choose our friends.

I came from the most orthodox background you could ask for.

The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him.