The sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the universe). [Lat., Summarum summa est aeternum.]

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.

Nothing can be created out of nothing.

The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.

Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions... How many evils has religion caused?

No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through

What came from the earth returns back to the earth, and the spirit that was sent from heaven, again carried back, is received into the temple of heaven.

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.

Only religion can lead to such evil.

For fools admire and love those things they see hidden in verses turned all upside down, and take for truth what sweetly strokes the ears and comes with sound of phrases fine imbued.

We are one in spirit of faith of love.

What if all religions were stories, and all stories were true.

Moonlight signifies a time when there is hope in darkness, but you have to focus on that hope.

Democracy is the only game in town. The problem is [when] people start to believe that it is not a game worth playing.

If you're comfortable with someone, you feel creatively free. Whether it's a comedic scene or a dramatic one, you don't feel self-conscious because you feel safe with the people that you're around.

To get at the truth of your calling, you have to crack open that false self and see what lies within.

Even when I am writing I usually take a break around lunchtime and go for a little walk to clear out my head.

Tear off the mask. Your face is glorious

Suffering dispels the illusion that we have the strength and competence to rule our own lives and save ourselves.

One of the fundamental conditions of happiness is to know that everything that one does has a meaning in eternity