Friendship is genuine when two friends can enjoy each others company without speaking a word to one another.

Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time.

A grieving son was given the opportunity to write parting words on a card at his mother's funeral. He quoted the verse, "And morning came and Jesus was standing on the shore.

[The UN should remain in New York] because every country needs a cesspool. And the UN is always interesting as a theater of the absurd.

You are the only one who can do it like you do it. You are the best. You have what it takes. You have the power. When you put your mind to something, you get it done. So what are you waiting for?

Conversion is a daily thing.

They say that there are moments that open up your life like a walnut cracked, that change your point of view so that you never look at things the same way again.

The worst of all knaves are those who can mimic their former honesty.

When I am commanded to love, I am commanded to restore community, to resist injustice, and to meet the needs of my brothers.

Success comes from the ability to view each arising problem as an opportunity for self improvement.

Mankind grows taller, older, and ever more wise; but seldom truly up.