I think the scariest person in the world is the person with no sense of humor.

The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.

Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

Our challenges don’t define us, our actions do.

If you fixate on the worst-case scenario and it actually happens, you’ve lived it twice.

Family is not an important thing. It's everything.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur.

I would rather have someone say they hate me and mean it, than have someone say they love me and not.

Let us not question whether God is there

If all the music written since Bach's time should be lost, it could be reconstructed on the foundation which Bach laid.

All creative people want to do the unexpected.

The people who get into trouble in our company are those who carry around the anchor of the past.

Are you decent?" a woman's voice called, pushing the door cautiously ajar. "Nay, but we're clothed," Cian purred.

The Tudors, I don't even know if I had a family back then.

Love. It's so close to hate, it's almost indistinguishable.

To live in the past or in the future may be less satisfying than to live in the present, but it can never be as disillusioning.

If you wish to succeed in managing and controlling others - learn to manage and control yourself.