I was certainly typecast for a while on television because I was always being cast as the compassionate mother or whatever.

I never had a driving ambition to be a star.

For a long time, I resisted seeing The Sound of Music, but when I finally did, I cried.

I used to love people for what they could be. I thought love was how hard you tried and how much you sacrificed and suffered. That is not love. Acceptance is.

All of us from The Waltons still love each other. I think were closer than some real families.

I used to pride myself on the fact that I kept a house running and never burdened anybody.

As an actor, one of my greatest fears is losing my memory.

I dont mean to insult television, but a lot of the time, its pretty straightforward. If you say, I love you, you mean I love you. There isnt time for anything more.

I am not one of those actresses who loves acting.

Spontaneous and natural (sahajik) speech means there is not an iota of ego in it.

Life does not despise the discipline.

The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith.

It is important to use all knowledge ethically, humanely, and lovingly.

I will ask every government department to draw up a plan for civil service relocation outside London. And a Labour Treasury will set an objective for savings over the course of the next decade.

Hold prayer in high esteem. It is the foundation of all the virtues, and the source of all grace needed to sanctify ourselves and to discharge the duties of our employment.

I mean, I have worked out. I've always worked out a little, you know, when I felt it was, like... time.

The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith

Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he's relatively new, but I don't know how long he's been doing it; he probably doesn't need the publicity anymore!

I know that I can never be alone as God is there with me.