I find the doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about his plans — I do not say for thinking about them.

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.

You are not a murderer. I find it difficult to think of that as a personality flaw.

Writing a poem is making music with words and space.

Don't worry what people say or what people think. Be yourself.

It is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as it is to deceive others.

You know that I can make hits. You know I can do all these rap records. So, I'm going to start opening up and letting you know my struggles.

I'm on the Facebook board now. Little did they know that I thought Facebook was really stupid when I first heard about it back in 2005.

What is necessary to keep providing good care to nature has completely fallen into ignorance during the materialism era.

Every day on Earth is another chance to get it right.

In love quarrels the party that loves the most is always most willing to acknowledge the greater fault.