Why have we books in heaven?""Why not?" asked my brother. "What strange ideas we mortals have of the pleasures and duties of this blessed life!...

Every gentle word, every generous thought, every unselfish deed, will become a pillar of eternal beauty in the life to come.

I think one of the sweetest proofs we have of the Father's loving care for us is that we often find in this life the things which gave us great happiness below.

There are some secrets so toxic you can’t share. Especially if you love who it is you’d have to share with.

Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.

The most certain way to make a man your enemy is to tell him you esteem him such.

Popularity has a bright side, it unlocks many doors. But the truth is that I don't like it very much because it changes the private life into a very small thing.

I remember feeling, 'If you do not leave now, you won't leave with your soul intact.'

I work out five days a week, I can't imagine not doing it.

A democratically elected congressman of the United States of America should not be talking of an ethnic divide in Afghanistan, should not be interfering in Afghanistan's internal affairs.

One musn't overrate the culture of what used to be called "top people" before the wars. They had charming manners, but they were as ignorant as swans.

Books of quotations ... afford me one of the most undemanding but satisfying forms of reading pleasure.

He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.