Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.

Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive...that is where God is.

Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.

All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by which we can come to know him better, love him more surely, and serve him more faithfully.

For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.

He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.

He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.

It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.

Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.

To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.

Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.

If you don't stop fear, fear will stop you. Somebody's gotta stop. My advice? Don't let it be you. Whatever IT is. Do IT afraid

I always said a good despotism was the best form of government

I felt like a still live fish on ice in a butcher’s counter on Friday morning.- On Cats

Why do humans make art? It's how we evolved.

My mother and I, our favorite part of any baked pasta is the top, where the cheese gets crusty.

Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.

Doing politics in a democracy costs money for campaigning and getting our message across and that's what we intend to do.

In jazz improv, there is no such thing as wrong notes, only notes that are better chosen and it's not about the note you play, it's about the note you play next.

In antiquity slaves were, in all honesty called slaves. In the middle ages, they took the name of serfs. Nowadays they are called wage earners.

I loved horror since I was a kid.