Life was not given for indolent contemplation and study of self, nor for brooding over emotions of piety: Actions and actions only determine the worth.

To be happy is not the purpose of our being, but to deserve happiness.

If we cannot live so as to be happy, let us at least live so as to deserve it.

Make movies my friend – make nice, inspiring and bold movies that will penetrate the darkest corners of the human mind and illuminate the soul.

When my children complain that I'm forgetful, I remind them that DAD is just ADD spelled sideways.

A loud voice cannot compete with a clear voice, even if it's a whisper.

If you can make music with someone you don't need words. If you wish to be a writer, write.

To love is to find pleasure in the happiness of others.

The beginning and the end of all Christian leadership is to give your life for others.

Black men loving black men is THE revolutionary act.

Heaven for me is hidden in a little Host Where Jesus, my Spouse, is veiled for love. I go to that Divine Furnace to draw out life, And there my Sweet Saviour listens to me night and day.

Love not pleasure; love God. This is the Everlasting Yea, wherein all contradiction is solved.

Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, more longing, wavering, sooner lost and won, than women's are.