This world is not the sum total of God's resources -- on the contrary, it is only the 'dream,' the probation, the prelude of the true world, the true life.

The way to do much in a short time is to love much. People will do great things if they are stirred with enthusiasm and love.

It is better to begin a great work than to finish a small one.

It is not so much what we say or do that educates; what really educates is who we are.

I wish that Christmas may be happy and heavenly, and the holidays glow with the gifts of the inner life that God will give to each one.

You must grow like a tree, not like a mushroom

To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing.

Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come.

Isn't it wonderful that two of the most sacred and symbolic plants, the olive and the vine, live on almost nothing, a terrace of limestone, sun and rain.

All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted.

Every friendship with God and every love between Him and a soul is the only one of its kind.

Give your children big truths they will grow into rather than light explanations they will grow out of.

I swear from the bottom of my heart I want to be healed. I want to be like other men, not this outcast whom nobody wants.

When the human mind exists in the light of reason and no more than reason we may say with absolute certainty that Man and all that made him will be in that instant gone.

Nature does not demand that we be perfect. It requires only that we grow.

To avoid discord, never put two wise people in the same room.

To succeed as a team is to hold all of the members accountable for their expertise.

We shall continue, in this era of negotiation, to work for the limitation of nuclear arms and to reduce the danger of confrontation between the great powers.

If you are an idealist, it does not matter what you do or what goes on around you because it isn't real anyway.

I got a curve so sneaky it might be your daddy.

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.