To feel sorry for the needy is not the mark of a Christian - to help them is.

If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.

There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

If you haven't time to help youngsters find the right way in life, somebody with more time will help them find the wrong way.

A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.

I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.

A valuable friend is one who'll tell you what you should be told, even if it offends you.

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

You have to learn before you can earn.

I guess it’s a good thing that we don’t know what we don’t know

Feeling insignificant because the universe is large has exactly the same logic as feeling inadequate for not being a cow.

What is public for you, Elie [Wiesel], is private for Frank [Moore Cross], and the reverse.

But men labor under a mistake. The better part of the man is soon plowed into the soil for compost.

The budget is tight, and that is exactly where we want it to be and where we need it to be.

I'm singing background on one of Blondie's songs on her new album

Love is a rainbow curving down from the sky, falling crystals of color, shades of warm that never die.

It's probably a combination of personal and non-personal matters that have led us to where we are musically.

When I sit down to write a book, I don't ask myself, "How many am I going to sell?"