There are souls in this world who have the gift of finding joy everywhere, and leaving it behind them when they go.

Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning; and these three last have never converted any.

The great fact is, that life is a service. The only question is, "Whom will we serve?

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.

There is a grace of kind listening, as well as a grace of kind speaking.

There are no disappointments to those whose wills are buried in the will of God.

Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing for us to long for is the goodness, not the glory.

Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel's song which had lost its way and come to earth.

Many a friendship - long, loyal, and self-sacrificing - rested at first upon no thicker a foundation than a kind word.

Deep theology is the best fuel of devotion; it readily catches fire, and once kindled it burns long.

Holiness is an unselfing of ourselves.

The man who has faith in logic is always cuckolded by reality.

If you aren't practicing what you preach, how can, and why should, anyone trust you?

Devil must really hate me a lot because I consistently refuse to give him an opportunity to win over my soul.

All the stereotypical ‘dude’ geeky things I like are socially acceptable, and all the stereotypical ‘lady’ geeky things I like are frowned upon….

Trees had died to make these forms, and that seemed a great pity to me.

I never made a good movie.

I had this vivid image of myself at the age of 60 looking back on my life and truly regretting the fact that I hadn't tried to be an actor

Sleeping is the height of genius

Derek Jeter is one who played for such a long time, and David Ortiz in Boston is doing it right now.

Directing is a huge amount of work with very little payoff, and a quarter of the money, and nine times more time spent.