Acquire a peaceful spirit, and thousands around you will be saved.

Every success in anything we should refer to the Lord and with the Prophet say: 'Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to Your name give glory' (Ps. 113:9).

Whatever you do, do it gently and unhurriedly, because virtue is not a pear to be eaten in one bite.

Establish yourself in God and then you will be helpful to others.

That I am a monk and you are a layman is of no importance ... rather that we are both in the light of the Holy Spirit ... Acquire peace, and thousands around you will be saved.

Maintain a spirit of peace and you will save a thousand souls.

The true aim of our Christian life consists in the acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God.

The human spirit lies open to God alone, for it is a fathomless depth.

...it is up to us to add labors to labors in order to go from strength to strength (Ps. 83:7), and to come to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ (Eph. 4:13)?

Make life easier by living in the present and believing in the future.

Listen. Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward. You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You will forgive and remember.

There are no separations—only connections. There are no deaths—only transformations.

When I stand strong in youI can look beyond the cloudsWith your wordsThe sun will rise again

Everyone likes talking about himself. - Hercule Poirot

In 'A Royal Affair' I had to learn to act like a queen and learned Danish. It's so much different to act in another language. It's the nuances in the words.

Party politics is now a real farce.

I love looking at sculpture, but there's some sort of spell that's broken with it.

Public interest criteria does not mean criteria that the public decides are in its interest. It means that the elite - via various appointed bodies - decide what the public's interest is for them.

And it's time as a country that we have an assault weapon ban.