War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.

My soul is satisfied with spirituality.

So if I was to choose? Then I choose complicated, ” I said, with a nod of finality. I met his eyes again in a silent challenge.“I choose you.

Never argue at the dinner table for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.

Sometimes fantasies are better than life.

Every story is different, so what is a detail in one might not be in something else. Diversity is something I embrace and love about my work.

I love astute observations and really great wordplay. I love the way that Louis C.K. observes life, and I love the way Patton Oswalt talks about it.

Art is an attempt to give substance to existence.

I'm even taller in person, because photographs shrink you down and steal your soul native american.