What a great blessing is a friend with a heart so trusty you may safely bury all your secrets in it.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

Sometimes the most difficult thing to do is to believe in yourself, the reason it is so hard is because it is worth it.

I have a varied taste, I'll listen to anything. Well, not anything, no techno.

God is Truth. There is no incompatibility between science and religion. Both are seeking the same truth. Science shows that God exists.

The judgment that you pass today will only hinder a person in their spiritual evolution. All you do is say to the person, psychically: "This is what you are. You're fixed. You can't change."

The standard reason for Thanksgiving doesn't mean nothing to me.

There was always some germ of joy, some little paramecium of happiness wriggling around, waiting for a chance to get out.

Of course no president, Democratic or Republican - no president - is above the law, as neither are you, nor I, nor anyone.

I start phone calls at 4 A.M. to cheer people up. The housebound, people in the hospital. People who, after decades, still can't get over what happened 10 or 15 years ago.

Very often some of the religious miracle plays you see on television can be very corny, I find. And so simplistic.

Winter is the time of love and of taking the light within.