Without a love of humankind there is no love of God.

Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.

The lash may force men to physical labor, it cannot force them to spiritual creativity.

Youth has the resilience to absorb disaster and weave it into the pattern of its life, no mater how anguishing the thorn that penetrates its flesh.

Writing comes more easily if you have something to say.

If my only tool is a hammer, then every problem is a nail.

The best security for old age: respect your children.

The heathen spirit is wingless. It cannot lift itself to heights from which the totality of being is visible, and it therefore loses itself in details.

Every dawn renews the Beginning, and to behold the earth struggling out of the formless void, out of the night, is to witness the act of creation.

Humankind's ladder to God is a ladder of deeds.

An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a point so remote that it appears like a vision.

The single biggest advantage of being completely surrounded is that it gives you the opportunity to attack the enemy in any direction you choose.

People love to hate. I have a love-hate relationship with the world. The world loves to hate me.

What is the worth of anything we do? The worth is in the act. Your worth halts when you surrender the will to change and experience life

There's little money in theatre.

To praise one thing is not to damn another.

Stealing has always been a way of redistributing wealth.

Those who go ahead provide a little light into the unknown.

You know, what if everybody's wrong in life? And so you have to live your life yourself.

The young break rules for fun. The old for profit.

Perseverance, determination, commitment, and courage-those things are real. The desire for redemption drives you.