The kingdom of heaven is not come even when God's will is our law; it is fully come when God's will is our will.

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.

Never say no when you really want to say yes.

He will not let you come barging in to his world like the proverbial bull in the china shop.

The best of you are those who are best to the women

Other times other customs.

I'm right, and you're smart, and sooner or later you'll see I'm right.

I am the biggest Destiny's Child - Beyonce, Kelly, Michelle, all of them - fan in the world.

In academic life you seek to state absolute truths; in politics you seek to accommodate truth to the facts around you.

Young people, when they're left alone, always want to have compassion, and they always want to give. They always want to help people who are less fortunate.

Judgment is forced upon us by experience

I believe capitalism will eventually be replaced by a communitarian ethic where the rights and care of all beings will be taken into consideration, not just the greed of a corporate few.