Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.

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.

Respecting requests, rules and privacy is a universal law. You break that basic etiquette 101, you're seriously flawed.

Imagination is the propulsion of Life once we exhaust all reality.

Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by and turned to the infinite.

My family background was deeply Christian.

The theater is too deep for me. I prefer bicycling.

My songs pretty much revolve in my brain most of the time - usually, whatevers coming next.

Real people are places to me as much as persons: I want to see them, as I want to see the places I am fond of, in all weathers and at all times of the year.

In Northern Ireland, people said there would never be a solution. But once people begin to have the political will and force their governments to sit down, it can happen.

I am in any way glorifying or simplifying prostitution. The reality of prostitutes around the world is so complex. I've tried to focus on the humanity.

Even an evil man can have principles—he can be true to his own evil, which is not always so easy.