Pray, hope, and don't worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.

Do you not see the Madonna always beside the tabernacle?

The longer the trial to which God subjects you, the greater the goodness in comforting you during the time of the trial and in the exaltation after the combat.

An Angel can illuminate the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision and by bringing within his reach some truth which the Angel himself contemplates.

In reading we must become creators.

What I always say is that Japanese are like willow. We can be bent easily, but once you try to break us, it would not be so easy.

Thinking is the toughest kind of work which is why so many people avoid it.

Afterwards, I will have to tie the trees to bamboo poles so the wind will not determine their shape. A tree cannot be given form by the vagaries of the wind.

It is just human nature to take time to connect the dots, I know that. But I also know that there can be a day of reckoning when you wish you had connected the dots more quickly.

I love my fans so much! I know I say it all the time, but I really appreciate all the things they have done for me.

What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.

I always wanted to be a Californian. In my wildest dreams, I always liked California - it's the place where oranges grows on trees! Fruit just falls off the trees.

Life is a grand party.

Everybody got their something.