Self-understanding rather than self-condemnation is the way to inner peace and mature conscience.

Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.

We achieve inner health only through forgiveness - the forgiveness not only of others but also of ourselves.

Treasure each other in the recognition that we do not know how long we shall have each other.

Tolerance is the positive and cordial effort to understand another's beliefs, practices, and habits without necessarily sharing or accepting them.

Stripped of all their masquerades, the fears of men are quite identical: the fear of loneliness, rejection, inferiority, unmanageable anger, illness and death.

God hears no sweeter music than the cracked chimes of the courageous human spirit ringing in imperfect acknowledgement of His perfect love.

Nature does not demand that we be perfect. It requires only that we grow.

We are the carriers of health and disease - either the divine health of courage and nobility or the demonic diseases of hate and anxiety

There is too much undissolved wrath and punishment in most religions.

Stripped of all their masquerades the fears of men are quite identical: the fear of loneliness rejection inferiority unmanageable anger illness and death.

Discipline imposed from the outside eventually defeats when it is not matched by desire from within.

I turned to the clarinets. They were a resourceful lot.

The first time I watched him fight, I got hard. My heart pounded in my chest, and I chewed on my lip until it bled. I vowed then I would make him mine.

We cannot have a just society that applies the principle of accountability to the powerless and the principle of forgiveness to the powerful. This is the America in which we currently reside.

Scapegrace leaped up. “I am the Killer Supreme! I make murder into an art form!” Skulduggery hit him again and Scapegrace did a little twirl before falling.

The reason nobody else in my business has any impact is because they're all comatose.

Mary means enlightener, because She brought forth the Light of the world. In the Syriac tongue, Mary signifies Lady.

There are only two distinct classes of people on this earth, those who espouse enthusiasm and those who despise it.

It's in every single county. It's in our cities but it's also in our wealthier suburbs. It's in our small towns. There is no place in Ohio where you can hide from drug epidemic .

People grew up on the animated movie. Bill Condon is Bill Condon. And nobody does those movies better than Disney does.