Only he knew that to be left alone is not always to be forsaken.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

When an ignorant reads ignorant things or when he comes together with other ignorant, his ignorance will deepen and his fate will worsen!

We wonder with our thoughts to our sacred-destination

I knew I could always earn money from a job. What I didn’t know was could I extend the dream of writing beyond my trip?

Writing is not always a writer's playtime. It's actually a work in progress. Few understand this and mistakenly believe we're wasting time. But it's never a waste of time when doing what you love.

And she didn't judge nobody. She loved everyone equal- accountants, queers, musicians, she welcomed us all, said we were all idiots just the same.

I'd like to be somewhere near Lawrence Taylor so I can keep an eye on that sucker.

I want to go about like the light-footed goats.

The instinct to produce great work doesn't require a fancy notebook.

In politics one should not expect big jumps. Everything takes time.

Feel good about being someone who loves selflessly. I think someday you’ll find someone who loves you the exact same way.