[On Napoleon:] One has the impression of an imperious wind blowing about one's ears when one is near that man.

Goethe has made a remark upon the perfectability of the human mind, which is full of sagacity: It is always advancing, but in a spiral line.

Love is the symbol of eternity.

Enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'

Prayer is the life of the soul.

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

God didn’t design your life so you would constantly fall down, but he does hope that you will be brought to your knees.

You can talk about Holocaust denial, but it's really marginal for the most part. What is compelling about the Armenian genocide, is how it has been forgotten.

Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.

A theological thought can breathe only in the atmosphere of dialogue with God.

I hope some day to make you all a cup of coffee. Alright, peace.

Always remember: If you're alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb, you can always just pick it up. Who's going to know?

Twitter makes you a comedian in the same way that digital cameras make you a photographer

I never questioned Barack Obama's patriotism.

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.