You will be dead so long as you refuse to die.

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.

Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable.

Hope is the greatest gift and the greatest evil...Hope saved us and hope might yet kill us.

We seek love in relationships, peace in security, and joy in material things...but these feelings are divine and not dependent on any outer circumstances.

As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation is very much like copying paintings.

The fact is that I like thrillers and action movies. But what really fulfills me is getting out of my comfort zone, taking chances.

They should move 1st base back a foot to avoid all those close plays

One of the most difficult things for a writer in this business to accept is the uncertain fate of one's work.

Who you are is more important than what you do. The goal is to bring what you do in alignment with who you are, so you don’t end up being someone you don’t want to be.

No one knows what makes the soul wake up so happy! Maybe a dawn breeze has blown the veil from the face of God.

I regard myself as one of the most dangerous enemies of religion