Prayer is to the spiritual life what the beating of the pulse and the drawing of the breath are to the life of the body.

God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.

I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.

When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.

You don't have to, Henry. In here, I think my dream is big enough for the both of us.

When I'm in a couple, I feel I'm disappearing, dying - losing my mind.

Look, I think Hispanic community - the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism.

What turns me on is erotica; what turns you on is pornographic.

The argument that making contraceptives available to young people would prevent teen pregnancies is ridiculous. That's like offering a cookbook as a cure to people who are trying to lose weight.

The rich are depressed because they realize their money can't buy them out of their issues.

When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.

If you are an ignorant man, you are acting wisely; but if you have had any education, you are behaving like a fool.

Mine are the deep-seated fears established when we are children, and they never quite go away: the fear of being helpless, the fear of being trapped, the fear of being out of control.