It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter and the autonomy of his creatures.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.

Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.

There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

Someday I must read this scholar Everyone. He seems to have written so much--all of it wrong.

When one has nothing to lose, one becomes courageous. We are timid only when there is something we can still cling to.

Christians believe their God gave us all free will - strange that for over 2000 years, they have tried to take that choice away.

Every man, it seems, interprets the world in the light of his habits and desires

Sin spoils the spirit's delicacy, and unwillingness deadens its susceptibility.

Many years ago I chased a woman for almost two years, only to discover that her tastes were exactly like mine: we both were crazy about girls.

[Dalton] Trumbo wrote this incredible pamphlet, almost on the level of Tom Paine's 'Common Sense,' called 'The Time of the Toad.' It's an exquisitely written treatise regarding the black list era.

I think, in the longer view of things, there is a very powerful pull in the direction of participatory government.

And often, glad no more, We wear a face of joy because We have been glad of yore.