Our vitality, and the vitality of each nation, rests on the sincerity and depth of the faith in the ideas which it announces, or pronounces.

Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'

Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.

It takes a moment to tell someone you love them, but it takes a lifetime to prove it.

Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

The lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness.

The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.

The scars left from the child's defeat in the fight against irrational authority are to be found at the bottom of every neurosis.

To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.

In the world of your story, your outline is like the Ten Commandments. Unfortunately, your characters are all Atheists.

You may not need to tell me, I can hear your song better when your voice is silent and your heart is singing.

That's the whole problem, isn't it?" He turned his face toward the night sky and let out a horrible laugh, like a gasp of pain. "Why are you the only person who's allowed to be strong?

My biggest surprise when I became a mom was how I had so much love inside me to give to someone.

A true buddy is a person who thinks that you'll be a fantastic egg although he is aware that you are somewhat cracked.

The greatest threat to your ministry, dear brothers, is that you lose your joy in God.

I just really love doing what I do. I know every career is fleeting and there will be time periods when I don't get the opportunities that I'm getting right now, so I am taking advantage of them.

Order a purge for your brain, it will there be much better employed than upon your stomach.

Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.

Without the presence of the Spirit, it is impossible to comprehend our personal mission or to have the reassurance that our course is right.