The finest quality of our characters do not come from trying but from the mysterious and yet most effective capacity to be inspired.

Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.

A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.

Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe, and the riddle of man in his endowment with personal capacities.

In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: "Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know what it is. For it we pray."

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

No virtue is more universally accepted as a test of good character than trustworthiness .

Prayer opens our lives for God so his will can be done in and through us, because in true prayer we habitually put ourselves into the attitude of willingness to do whatever God wills.

It is magnificent to grow old, if one keeps young.

When he admires the man he calls his father: a man slightly above the scum of the earth—what does that speak about he who admires him?

...when I chose you, I didn't want the commonplace - I didn't want a 'partner' - I wanted a shrine...

One thing you have got to do politically is to identify the ties that bind society together and try to strengthen them.

Man is born a barbarian, and only raises himself above the beast by culture.

To say that a humorist exaggerates to get big laughs, I don't see how that's big news.

What's important here is that the Republicans agree with [Donald Trump].

Those [scientists] who dislike entertaining contradictory thoughts are unlikely to enrich their science with new ideas.

Every role is a challenge.I want to keep doing everything I want to try to do things that aren't similar to one another.

Those women like to see their tongues dance.

I suppose if a band is like a gang, it is a moment in time.