The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does his present life become to him; because he sees more clearly and perceives more sensibly the defects of human corruption.

Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!

If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself in the distorted mirror of your own self-importance.

To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

Love feels no burden, regards not labors, strives toward more than it attains, argues not of impossibility, since it believes that it may and can do all things.

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Don't think so much about who is for or against you, rather give all your care, that God be with you in everything you do.

Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.

My reaction when I hear the word 'celebrity' is, 'Who, me?' It doesn't feel like I'm famous.

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

Hate your enemy with a whole heart, and if a man smite you on one cheek, SMASH him on the other!

We need a science to save us from science.

Nothing under the sun is accidental, least of all that of which the intention is so clearly evident.

America has the power, but not the will to fight terrorism. The terrorists have the will, but not the power to fight America, but all that could change with time.

In the post war period I began again to have my doubts about Russian policy.

Man has no choice but to love. For when he does not, he finds his alternatives lie in loneliness, destruction and despair.

I thank God for happiness and sadnessIf you are never sad you will never know how good happiness is

It felt [at the Allied set] like, "At last, I'm in Hollywood," even though I was in West London. It was like, "This is how a film should be made." It was beautiful.