Although there are real hazards in saying yes to life, they are inconsequential when compared to the regrets that come with saying "no".

A new baby is like the beginning of all things - wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.

When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death-ourselves.

A child can live with anything as long as he or she is told the truth and is allowed to share with loved ones the natural feelings people have when they are suffering.

Once we are truly for ourselves, it becomes possible to care far more profoundly about other people.

Depression occurs when you are not being yourself. You're probably doing things you don't want to do.

Anxiety checks learning. A feeling of well being and respect stimulates an alert mind.

All important progress made by the human race has its roots in daydreaming.

Until every individual feels personally responsible for the careful planning and the preservation of natural resources, the inexorable destruction will go on.

If grandparents want to have a meaningful and constructive role, the first lesson they must learn is that becoming a grandparent is not having a second chance at parenthood!

Every time a child is born, we have another chance.

As most real writers do, he wrote because he had something to say, not because of any specific ambition to be a writer.

On planes I always cry. Something about altitude, the lack of oxygen and the bad movies. I cried over a St. Bernard movie once on a plane. That was really embarrassing.

To learn true humility, we need more than a redefinition of greatness; we need even more than Jesus' personal example of humble service. What we need is His death.

They found a scrapbook with photos of Osama bin Laden from the '90s, and they're studying each and every photo very, very closely. My favorite shot of Osama bin Laden was right between the eyes.

Maybe I live in what is for me the wrong time.

It's always a bit strange when you join a show in the second season.

You can be afraid in a press conference, nervous, sweaty, but you can't be afraid when you do your work because it doesn't work that way.

A man who has no consideration for the needs of his men ought never to be given command.

Growing up I had a lot of really negative energy in my life from people that were in my life, so I know to how to stand up for myself.

The thing that makes countries want to pursue some kind of nuclear deterrent is precisely the fact that they feel threatened.