Nature does not demand that we be perfect. It requires only that we grow.

Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.

We achieve inner health only through forgiveness - the forgiveness not only of others but also of ourselves.

Treasure each other in the recognition that we do not know how long we shall have each other.

Tolerance is the positive and cordial effort to understand another's beliefs, practices, and habits without necessarily sharing or accepting them.

Stripped of all their masquerades, the fears of men are quite identical: the fear of loneliness, rejection, inferiority, unmanageable anger, illness and death.

God hears no sweeter music than the cracked chimes of the courageous human spirit ringing in imperfect acknowledgement of His perfect love.

We are the carriers of health and disease - either the divine health of courage and nobility or the demonic diseases of hate and anxiety

Self-understanding rather than self-condemnation is the way to inner peace and mature conscience.

There is too much undissolved wrath and punishment in most religions.

Stripped of all their masquerades the fears of men are quite identical: the fear of loneliness rejection inferiority unmanageable anger illness and death.

I’m planting a tree to remind me to be open and kindhearted.

If the broadcasters were to win on their claims, they'd outlaw the DVR.

I am a seeker, a poor, sinful creature, there is no weaker than I.

During the past few years I have led a sometimes hard battle for German foreign policy.

Amity itself can only be maintained by reciprocal respect, and true friends are punctilious equals.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.

The idea of the record is that it's a statement for working with a group, of a collaborative work. That should be visible in the music.

To gain more abundance a person needs more skills and needs to be more creative and cooperative.

I understood the workmanlike quality of a good stand-up. They all have this. There's a technique for everything you do. But boy, it's tough, 'cause there ain't anybody else out there but you.

Choose your friends carefully. Your enemies will choose you.