To grow mature is to separate more distinctly, to connect more closely.

First to become capable of love, then to learn that body and spirit are one.

Nothing becomes reality in the political life of a nation that was not present in its literature as spirit.

Where is your Self to be found? Always in the deepest enchantment that you have experienced.

We have fewer friends than we imagine, but more than we know.

Depth must be hidden. Where? On the surface.

Words performed through music can express what language alone had exhausted

Reality lies in the greatest enchantment you have ever experienced.

Knowledge is little; to know the right context is much; to know the right spot is everything.

The most dangerous of our impulses reign in ourselves against ourselves. To dissolve them is a creative act.

How we feel is how we want to be heard.

I never saw anybody take so long to dress, and with such little result.

I represent what I think is a traditional Republican... a limited government, fiscal responsibility, strong national defense, individual freedom and liberty.

Sometimes I don't write at all. Someone once asked me, "What do you do when you're not writing?" And I said, "I idle."

I like horror movies, they're fun. It was the most fun I've had on a movie set.

Wise are you, indeed... to know what is not possible.

Let's make hay while it lasts.

We are not a religious tradition with a creed, but a religious movement that has always wedded social justice work to theology

I am confident that many people will find the New Testament alive in a new way after reading The Message.

I have a fear of heights and I'm claustrophobic.

Bashfulness is more frequently connected with good sense than we find assurance; and impudence, on the other hand, is often the mere effect of downright stupidity.