Body, remember not only how much you were loved, not only the beds you lay on, but also those desires glowing openly in eyes that looked at you, trembling for you in voices.

And if you can't shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade it.

When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that the road is long, full of adventure, full of knowledge.

My life has been awaiting you. Your footfall was my own heart's beat.

Have Ithaka always in your mind. Your arrival there is what you are destined for. But don't in the least hurry the journey.

And if you find her poor, Ithaca has not deceived you. Wise as you have become, with so much experience, you must already have understood what these Ithacas mean.

To certain people there comes a day when they must say the great Yes or the great No.

What shall become of us without any barbarians? Those people were a kind of solution.

From all I did and all I said let no one try to find out who I was.

One candle is enough. Its gentle light will be more suitable, will be more gracious when the Shades arrive, the Shades of Love.

If you are one of the truly elect, be careful how you attain your eminence.

What a mighty nation, we will be, if we encourage one another?

Man boasts of his nobility, his ideals, and his progress. Man’s goal is imitation, not redemption.

My worldview, my philosophy, my attitudes, my relationships, my parenting, my marriage - everything has been transformed by my relationship with Christ.

That on a romantic level, if you feel it about somebody and it's pure, it means that they do too.

The pleasure of the soul appears to be found in the journey of discovery, the unfolding revelation of expanded insight and experience.

Your success will be affected by the quality and quantity of new ideas you suggest.

God is the only way you're going to make it in life, the glue that holds everything together.

We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world's worst weapons.

If you speak evil, you will soon be worse spoken of.

The best way to fight terrorism is not through guns. It's through pens, books, teachers and schools.