Of all the pursuits open to men, the search for wisdom is most perfect, more sublime, more profitable, and more full of joy.

The things that we love tell us what we are.

To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.

We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.

For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.

If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.

To love is to will the good of the other.

Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.

How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.

Jesus died on the cross not only so I wouldn't have to go to hell, but also to give me an abundant life on this Earth.

It takes an athlete to dance, but an artist to be a dancer

We have all heard of the web of life. The way we live threatens to trap us in a web of death.

We've been able to build up the Afghan security forces and stabilize it.

We struggled together, and sometimes, we struggled with one another... We took care of one another... In the end, we kept faith in each other.

Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times.

In the '60s and '70s, people didn't pay a lot of attention to gangs. I think gangs still existed, but gangs had fallen out of criminological favor.

Freedom of expression comes with responsibilities, especially when it comes with serious implications for peace.

And if I'm running away from something, I try to make myself face it and overcome that initial fear. As a director, I don't think it's possible to make a movie that you really don't want to make.

Tired people aren't witty