Why should my love be powerless to help another?

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.

Women strive to be the change they want to see in the mirror.

The mind's the standard of the man.

Abstract paintings must be as real as those created by the 16th century Italians.

Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine!

Whether you stay six weeks, six months or six years, always leave it better than you found it.

I think record companies are criminals.

A writer should have another lifetime to see if he's appreciated.

I bought a Christmas tree for twenty dollars. When I came home the next day, my wife was wearing it in her hair.

Actually men are closer to having the ability to act egoistic when it comes to a crisis situation.

This precious life is our opportunity. We are not the millions and millions of other things that are not human.