…the world was a vale of tears—it always had been.

People don’t talk about mercy very much these days—it has a rather old-fashioned ring to it. but it exists and its power is quite extraordinary

What we have, we all must lose—that applied to everything, even to that which we thought we had the greatest right. We were tenants of this earth—nothing more.

…there is faith and faith. One form of faith is actual practice—the rituals and so on—the other form of faith involves actually believing in it.

Tolerance was like one of those soothing creams—it drew out inflammation, it did away with the pain.

The visions are fragmented and a dark cloud spreads like spilt ink across the pages of possible futures.

God loves his work and therefore wills to preserve it. Creation and preservation are two aspects of the one activity of God.

The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts.

Language has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone and the word 'solitude' to express the glory of being alone.

Hamas, also elected to governmental leadership in Palestine, includes the jihadists, people who have declared war on the United States of America and its ally, Israel.

How many crimes are permitted simply because their authors could not endure being wrong.

Yes, I will go. I would rather grieve over your absence than over you.

I'm a very thoughtful, forward-thinking, planner kind of person. I love Excel spreadsheets and five-year-plans, and I love to review every year how my New Year's resolutions went.

So often actors only mix with actors, which is quite incestuous, and doesn't give them the insight into how other people work.

Anybody who doesn't have fear is an idiot. It's just that you must make the fear work for you. Hell when somebody shot at me, it made me madder than hell, and all I wanted to do was shoot back.