Life is magical. There is something wonderful in being alive, in having within one's self all sorts of possibilities.

Those who have suffered, who have known poverty or oppression, are generally the most prone to kindness. Perhaps it is well to endure some misery if only to learn this lesson.

The only atheism is the denial of truth.

A disbelief in God does not result in a belief in nothing; disbelief in God usuallyresults in a belief in anything.

Some people would be discontented in Paradise, others ... are cheerful in a graveyard.

So this is happiness, that journeyman.

We must rejoice when love is great, and pardon its excess, for love is the staff of life, and life without love is life in vain.

Pessimism is carefully cultivated in some intellectual circles, as if it were a precious plant that the human race could not afford to lose.

Vanity is easily forgiven, for we are all vain, and even as we laugh at the weakness of others we feel that their vanity has touched the responding chord of our own.

There are tides of justice surging to the unknown shores of right; Stars of truth that seek a setting in the dark, untutored night.

Tact is not a small thing; in the battle of life it is more powerful than a bludgeon.

Criminals were coming to Chechnya from all over the world - they did not have a place in their own countries. But they could live perfectly well in Chechnya.

I have great faith in the future of books - no matter what form they may take - and of science fiction.

Yeah, my family is of Indian heritage.

If you will stop feeding your feelings, then they will stop controlling you.

I don't think comedy will ever die.

I believe in the surprises of the Holy Spirit.

The need to eat, sleep and dry out plays havoc with your sense of wonder.

The overarching issue, really, is our surgeon general should be able to communicate transparently and honestly with the American public on all issues.

The front line with ISIS isn't just in Iraq and Syria, it's in Kennedy Airport and the Rio Grande. Border security is national security.

I have sought happiness through many ages and not found it.