The human race is inquisitive about other people's lives, but negligent to correct their own.

To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.

Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.

The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.

Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.

I never did anything in life to anyone's imagination.

[To my enemy:] Some are great, some are born great, some have greatness thrust upon them! And then there's you.

Such are these places where lovers of bliss behold the angel of peace

If I were to run around the world playing just the cello concertos - and believe me, I love playing them - I would be counting my entire repertoire from year to year on my two hands.

Most people love animals, and most people love to laugh. Combining the two makes both resonate deeper.

Human beings are prone to believe the things they wish were true.

In South Carolina, Senator John Edwards won handily, fulfilling his promise to win every state he was born in.

I think that these flows of refugee are the inevitable counterparts to the flow of capital and goods. In other words, they too are by-products of globalisation.

If you're not drinkin', then you're not playin'

Life finds its wealth by the claims of the world, and its worth by the claims of love.