Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.

If you are open-minded and ready to learn, there are many things which you can learn not only from books and instructors but from the very life experience itself.

No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God.

A man who says “I have learned enough and will learn no further” should be considered as knowing nothing at all.

Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon.

Do not worship me, I am not God. I'm only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.

Let us set our goals too high; let us demand more of ourselves than we believe we possess

You must always remember that to lead, one must first learn to follow.

Knowledge is power. If it is not applied properly to create, let there be no doubts, it will destroy.

Any who may wish to profit himself alone from the knowledge given him, rather than serve others through the knowledge he has gained from learning, is betraying knowledge and rendering it worthless

We should accept diversity in culture and tradition and coexist peacefully.

We are unique not by comparison but by compassion (the moral of my book The Cheetah and the Snail)

My husband is the only guy I've ever dated where I've never been drunk around him. I couldn't handle dating without drinking in the past.

At 50 you're more confident, more comfortable in your skin and you don't put up with nonsense, especially from men.

I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.

Endless drama in a group clouds consciousness. Too much noise overwhelms the senses. Continual input obscures genuine insight. Do not substitute sensationalism for learning.

Show me a man who fishes in winter, and I'll show you a fanatic. Actually, I'll get the better of the deal, because for sheer spectacle a fanatic doesn't hold a candle to a man who fishes in winter

Growing up in a small town, in the Midwest, and Catholic: Those are sort of three layers of repression.

Faith causes changes. Anytime there is change, there is opportunity, including the opportunity to fail. But failing can be a step toward completion of a goal. You can fail your way to success.

I'm away so much I've had to learn to cook, and I find it relaxing after filming. I make stews and liver and bacon, and an Italian mate taught me how to make a mean puttanesca sauce.

The universe is an enormous direct product of representations of symmetry groups.