Our life is no dream; but it ought to become one, and perhaps will.

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.

It didn't matter whether he was nearby or far away. His image would drift up into your mind just when you least expected it, shocking you, making your chest pound. Making your heart ache.

Cease from envy, prejudice and unhealthy competitiveness. Never abandon your own mission and brand to pursue the seemingly exciting mission or vision of another.

Yet verily these issues lie on the lap of the gods.

The right way to pray is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of a Father.

It's taken a while for me to convince people that I can do something other than Scully. And it still takes effort.

This was not a spurr-of-the-moment decision. Do not take me for granted... again.

I've made several films that haven't been shown.

With faith and love God's given, springing from the hope we know. We will pray the joy you'll live in, is the strength that now you show.

God has a special providence for fools, drunks, and the United States of America.

You have to work years in hit shows to make people sick and tired of you, but you can accomplish this in a few weeks on television.