The direst foe of courage is the fear itself, not the object of it; and the man who can overcome his own terror is a hero and more.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

We encounter great souls, who lived in historical times, in ancient books.

In 2030 we will be ageless and everyone will have an excellent chance to live forever. 2030 is a dream and a goal.

We owe the world an encounter with God

I never can understand how two men can write a book together; to me that's like three people getting together to have a baby.

As for fame, it can go to your head and you can become full of yourself.

I just like the blues better than rock 'n' roll

When I was younger, I was one of the few girls in the neighborhood who could break dance. That's kind of my local, ghetto-celebrity claim to fame.

Time, motion and wine cause sleep.

The beginning of a project or anything is what makes me feel vulnerable. How to take that first step. And the ending of anything. How to release what you know and leap into the unknown.

I think of 'crazy' as what happens when we love the other person more than we love ourselves.