Sometimes I forget myself in a book. And when i have to stop reading it takes me a minute to remember where I am. Or who I am.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

Kindness is not random, it is done on purpose

I'm not a big fan of romantic comedies, believe it or not.

This 'one big plan' thinking leads to a lot of the problems we're facing.

As one who loves literature, art, music and history, I've been deeply rooted in the Harlem Renaissance for many years.

Congress passes bills that appropriate money. Congress says, 'We're building this bridge or funding that defense project, and they cost this much.'

I think that behind the scenes the Pope [Francis] is seen as more of a religious figure, but obviously he is sort of a global political figure.

Statisticians do it with confidence, frequency and variation

I was inspired by [Michelangelo] Antonioni's Red Desert - very big and moody.

I'm just a girl in a nurse's uniform, but that doesn't mean I know how to save these men, and they- they are men in uniforms, but that doesn't mean they know how to die.

If every Christian family brought in a child who needed a family we would put the foster care system out of business.