We all know it's brutal up there at the front, especially those of us at the rear.

Spontaneity has its time and its place.

True endurance, I think, comes from the inside. It comes from motivation and belief in what you're doing.

In my garden I spend my days, in my library I spend my nights. My interests are divided between my geraniums and my books. With the flower I am in the present; with the book I am in the past.

I don't eat carbs after 17h00 and I drink skimmed milk.

Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.

A compromise is a settlement by which each side gets what neither side wanted.

I love Germany so much I'm glad there are two of them.

Take time to compliment people every day. Do it sincerely and with no desire to gain anything but a smile in return.

Do not doubt a woman's power to aid; no toil Can daunt a pure affection.

After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It's a dogma which one is supposed to accept without question...

I have a talent for happiness. I look with the eyes of a painter, and I see beauty.