The simultaneous existence of opposite virtues in the soul like pincers to catch hold of God.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.

Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.

There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.

Be a candle of light in someone’s life this holy season.

Don't sacrifice the present and attempt to achieve the impossible- to completely correct the past... It's gone! Learn from it and move on...

The blues he sends to meet me, won't defeat me. It won't be long til happiness steps up to greet me.

You know, a better man for a better America. That's sort of our slogan.

The scariest monster in the world is human beings and what we are capable of, especially when we get together.

People want to know that they're going to get tax relief and Donald Trump has promised that.

God's present is his presence. His greatest gift is himself.

I would send back a statement: ‘None.’

A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript

In this universe, which was created by a divine organizing intelligence, there are simply no accidents.