We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

Happiness is a direction, not a place.

History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.

The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.

There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site.

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.

Religious unity does not come so easily. It is not a piece of pie, which you can buy in the shop. It takes sincere efforts from every single human being on this planet.

What separates courage from fear are the thoughts we choose to believe.

Begin to trust God.

sometimes the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else - Richard

It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.

Potentially, the U.S. military has the ability to stop messages from being delivered or can alter commands without ISIS knowing.

There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be.

The most effective medium is yourself and the power you communicate by your intention and your story.

The fundamental misunderstanding of humanity is believing that we can achieve all our desires without limitation.

This Sarah Palin phenomenon is very curious. I think somebody watching us from Mars — they would think the country has gone insane.