Out of love, God becomes man. He says: 'See, here is what it is to be a human being'.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God

It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.

The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.

A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized prayer is listening.

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.

Once you label me you negate me.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

I didn't grow up in a Norman Rockwell house... my house was more akin to Norman Lear.

I've learnt not to draw my sword first to strike. That in no way portends I have the most feeble of minds or might . . . Probably, I'm waiting for the perfect moment to startle with a fatal strike.

No empty words and gestures, but hands filled with hands, hands pointing the way, hands tracing new lines as age slowly creases its course from the corners of my eyes.

I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.

Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.

Our gross domestic product, or GDP, is barely above 1 percent. And going down.

You may only get one chance at something...and that requires confidence in your ability.

Choices in life are not and should not be determined by our life circumstances.

For Mercy has a human heart Pity, a human face: And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress.

We murder to dissect.