Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.

Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Every experience proves that the real problem of our existence lies in the fact that we ought to love one another, but do not.

There was a time when I had all the answers. My real growth began when I discovered that the questions to which I had the answers were not the important questions.

It's always wise to seek the truth in our opponents' error, and the error in our own truth.

Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm of relative values.

Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

There is no dream, and if there is, there is only one to see you my children struggling for the same and for which I am expected to be finished.

When you don't share your problems, you resent hearing the problems of other people.

I grew up in Stillwater, Minnesota in a proud Catholic family.

Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.

There's this crazy thinking that style guarantees truth. You go out with a hand-held camera, use available light, and somehow the truth emerges.

I actually didn't mind school, and I enjoyed university and college.

I thought of the structure as musical. The first piece, for instance, contains the names/subject matter of every person to come in the book. Like a piece of music with themes, etc.

I love being a scientologist, as it's helped me in every single aspect of my life.

I work six months and get three or four with the family.

I brought in the stories many times. I don't just do animation.