Religion is the everlasting dialogue between humanity and God. Art is its soliloquy.

False ideals cannot be shattered by criticism. Right ideals must take up the battle against them.

Between too early and too late, there is never more than a moment.

The basic formula of all sin is: frustrated or neglected love.

Happiness is... the grace of being permitted to unfold... all the spiritual powers planted within us.

Magnify the divine mystery and the holiness of mankind.

Yes, death is strong, but look you, the strongest, Stronger is music than death.

For those who believe, no explanation is necessary. For those who do not believe, no explanation is possible.

Which road, which road did you takeThat brought you here at last?No road, no road did I take.I leaped, I leaped from dream to dream.

. . . failure is also the stern parent of truth. (p525)

Everything in this world is primarily a matter of morals, and only very much later one of politics.

A good idea always attracts other good ideas.

A few of the gunslingers dance, but only a few. And they were the young ones. The other ones only sat, and it seemed to me they were half embarrassed in all that light, that civilized light.

Listen, last time I talked to you three, you were all two oars short of having any oars, so I don't want to hear it.

Embrace suffering, and you transform your relationship with what causes you to suffer, as well as your relationship with suffering itself.

Like most meaningful activities, campaigns are team games.

Islam is not a race...Islam is simply a set of beliefs, and it is not 'Islamophobic' to say Islam is incompatible with liberal democracy.

This is what analysts have calculated. It's a number that's out there and we're not arguing with it.

When you share work, and you have the opportunity of seeing people you like doing what they do best, and you also interchange socially with them, it's very addictive.

It is a shame for a man to desire honor because of his noble progenitors, and not to deserve it by his own virtue.

There are times when you get frustrated, but the one thing you always focus on is treating people well. You just cannot storm off and freak out.