...some of the miracles do locally what God has already done universally: others do locally what He has not yet done, but will do.

It's not a question of God 'sending' us to Hell. In each of us there is something growing up which will of itself be Hell unless it is nipped in the bud.

The heart of Christianity is a myth which is also a fact. The old myth of the Dying God, without ceasing to be a myth, comes down from the heaven of legend and imagination to the earth of history.

We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche.

The smile which you wear today has healing in it, so smile BIG!

Don't go into the business of pleasing people. You can't please everybody. Simply do your best at what you do

Now I know why I'm here. Not for a closer look at the moon, but to look back at our home, the Earth.

As politicians we have to react to the fact that many people do not feel that they can relate to the EU.

Bill Prady and Chuck Lorre, the guys who run that show [Big Bang Theory], are really funny and really smart, and the cast is fantastic to work with.

Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and - since there is no other metaphor - also the soul.

Hard work is damn near as overrated as monogamy.

I'm a producer first, and I know music, so I can jump on any song, whether it's pop or urban, without changing me. Whatever I do, I'm gonna make it classic.

There are noble tones, ordinary ones, tranquil harmonies, consoling ones, others which excite by their vigour.

No one achieves great things by following the crowd. Have a spine. Strike your own path.