One of the first things to learn if you want to be a contemplative is to mind your own business. Nothing is more suspicious, in a man who seems holy, than an impatient desire to reform other men.

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.

‎"Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.

The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds

Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.

In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace. In such places love can blossom.

People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.

Love is not a matter of getting what you want. Quite the contrary. The insistence on always having what you want, on always being satisfied, on always being fulfilled, makes love impossible.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

It is my belief, that we should not be too sure of having found Christ in ourselves until we have found him also in that part of humanity that is most remote from our own.

The advantage to fighting the evils that are in plain sight is the fact that it is quite easy to win-over the "opposition".

If you never mention the Lord in conversation with each other,isn't that proof that you aren't so concerned about Him?

Love's the little leaven that works the whole world glad.

Visionary people are visionary partly because of the very great many things they don't see.

The outside perception and inside perception of Microsoft are so different. The view of Microsoft inside Microsoft is always kind of an underdog thing.

The Air Age faces mankind with a sharp choice - the choice between Winged Peace or Winged Death. It''s up to you.

Serving in the United States Senate has been the greatest privilege of my life.

I've managed to include only enough historical detail to give the "flavor" of the time period while keeping the characters and story focal.

Never question the beauty of what you are saying because someone reacts with pain, judgment, criticism. It just means they have not heard you.

Live performance has always been my thing. It’s my purpose to master and capture the moment every time I have you connected.