The happiness of mankind, if it ever should come to pass, would still leave men asking: Why? What point to it? To what end?

The bond that attaches us to the life outside ourselves is the same bond that holds us to our own life.

Even if there were no ear for them but the void, our prayers would still be the only things that sanctify our existence.

In teaching the young you have to satisfy the schoolchild in yourself and enter the region where all meanings start. That is where, in any case, the philosopher has perpetually to start.

The nature of consciousness is to point beyond itself. It is a tending toward or pointing to... Since consciousness points beyond itself, it is in its very being a self-transcendence.

There is no truth that does not ultimately rest upon what is evident to us in our own experience.

Truth and untruth weave the seamless web of human nature.

We are the flower of love in the garden we call earth.

The most irresistible beauty is the radiant glow from a kind and gentle heart.

Instead of trying to conquer sin by working hard to change our actions, we can conquer sin by trusting Christ to change our affections.

The Italians have voices like peacocks - German gives me a cold in the head - and Russian is nothing but sneezing

When God forgives our sin, he is not changing his mind about us; he is changing our mind about him.

The nations of the world, if they follow the Lord, will continue to be a blessing to His children so long as they trust and follow Him.

If at first you don't succeed, you get back up and you try ... and you try ... and you try it again ... except ice skating, I hate this crap, I quit!

The day the army of Virginia allows a negro regiment to enter their lines as soldiers they will be degraded, ruined, and disgraced.

I wonder-maybe the key is balance. Maybe it's about living in the moment while still keeping your eye on the big picture-on all the pictures.

I wasn't in the drama department, but I auditioned anyway and he not only cast me but also included a few sketches that I wrote, which really sparked my pursuit of comedy.