We must do the thing we must Before the thing we may; We are unfit for any trust Till we can and do obey.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

A phased decision can avoid there being a key moment when the moral issue about killing civilians has to be confronted.

God may create us but we Define

There was one less monster on earth, and the world was certainly better off without him.

I'm on a constant path of self-discovery and change. I'm trying to become a better person, a nicer person. I love therapy - it's brilliant.

It's marvellous to be popular, but foolish to think it will last.

What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else?

Anything that kills hope is a sin

An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself.

I had always loved Joseph Cornell and wanted to do something with dioramas.

Wealth is not wisdom's goal, but is often wisdom's reward.