Man's rank is his power to uplift.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

He loves her for everything she is and is not. She’s old enough to appreciate that.

Team spirit promotes greater accomplishment.

Beauty of trees is not judged by shape, size and species, then why ours?

Ignorance plays the chief part among men, and the multitude of words.

My first guitar was a Gibson Challenger.

I'm not great at putting my hair into a bun, but I'll do it if I have to.

Real intimacy; real love has to do with a joining of the mind, a joining of the spirit, a joining of the heart.

I bought a Dutch barge and turned it into a recording studio. My plan was to go to Paris and record rolling down the Seine.

Forgiveness does not overlook the deed. It rises above it.

Maybe I should stay a good soldier of cinema.