The folly of war is that it can have no natural end except in the extinction an entire people.

The challenge is to resist circumstances. Any idiot can be happy in a happy place, but moral courage is required to be happy in a hellhole.

And remember: you must not overwork your body, or your soul. You must not enslave yourself, as you would not enslave any other person. You must be the custodian of your self.

Small men command the letter of the law. Great men serve its spirit. For the spirit of the law is justice... and justice is the spirit of God.

Fear is the absence of faith.

I'm not nervous if I think about something for nine years and then I don't write it. Even if it fades it doesn't concern me. It'll come back if it's worth it.

When God makes His presence felt through us, we are like the burning bush: Moses never took any heed what sort of bush it was—he only saw the brightness of the Lord.

Timely service, like timely gifts, is doubled in value.

True solace is finding none, which is to say, it is everywhere.

My career was always full of risks one way or another, and that's the way I like it.

Love is the vital core of the soul. And of all you see, only love is infinite.

It has been hard, I know, my daughters, but one word alone wipes out all of the hardships: love.