To love as Christ loves is to let our love be a practical and not a sentimental thing.

Heaven must be in me before I can be in heaven.

If a child hasn't been given spiritual values within the family setting, they have no familiarity with the values that are necessary for the just and peaceful functioning in society.

The true seekers pursued their goal so single-mindedly, they felt no urge to tamper with the faith of others

Are you sorry? Do you wish you could do it all again and go off and write novels instead of being a teacher?No. You can’t trade what is for what might have been.

We must make democracy the popular creed...If we should fail to do this, our people are bound to suffer... That is what my father said. It is the reason why I am participating in this struggle.

They're a very strange lot actors, very strange people.

No, Mom. I said fine." "It's just your tone." Ah, yes- the tone. The nasty traitor.

It is beautiful, beautiful to give; one of the very most beautiful things in life.

As a young man, I went to Paris and soaked up many hours of film knowledge from Robert Hakim in my efforts to become a producer.

Maybe the science is uncertain, maybe we don't have to worry about it. Climate change is the worst, but there's others.

The fact is, I've always felt more British than Irish. Maybe it was the way I was brought up, I don't know, but I have always felt more of a connection with the U.K. than with Ireland.