My worst moments as a parent have been much like my greatest moments as a parent: the product of complete and perfect accident.

Lust: Which senator once reached for a handkerchief in his pocket and proceeded to wipe his brow with a pair of women's panties?

When you believe in something, fight for it. And when you see injustice, fight harder than you've ever fought before.

there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.

We are all ordinary. We are all boring. We are all spectacular. We are all shy. We are all bold. We are all heroes. We are all helpless. It just depends on the day.

She wasn't tracking down her father to learn more about him. She was tracking him down to learn more about herself.

No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.

So much harm comes into this world when the wrong thing is said. But that's nothing compared to the pain from what goes unsaid.

The past may not hurt you, but it won't challenge you, either.

For me, Superman's greatest contribution has never been the superhero part: it's the Clark Kent part - the idea that any of us, in all our ordinariness, can change the world.

We all live best in our imaginations.

Sometimes it takes a meltdown to cool down.

Strong delusions travel like cold germs on a sneeze.

Freedom begins the moment you realize someone else has been writing your story and it's time you took the pen from his hand and started writing it yourself.

Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.

One use of dreams is that, unprejudiced by our often forced and artificial reflections, they represent the impartial outcome of our entire being.

Revenge is fruitless.

As in cooking, living requires that you taste, taste, taste as you go along.

The greatness of our love of God must be tested by the desire we have of suffering for His love.

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.

Listen to your patient, he is telling you the diagnosis.