Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.

Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Every experience proves that the real problem of our existence lies in the fact that we ought to love one another, but do not.

There was a time when I had all the answers. My real growth began when I discovered that the questions to which I had the answers were not the important questions.

It's always wise to seek the truth in our opponents' error, and the error in our own truth.

Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm of relative values.

Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

Your biggest mistake is thinking the other person gets affected or cares about how you feel. You think, your suffering, your feelings, and your pain is felt by the person you’re sinking for..

Tarot is a practice rich with history and cultural knowledge. It is a science of the mind.

Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough.

With a television series, there's a hard deadline, and so you have to write even when you're not writing well.

I lived in Paris for six months when I was sixteen. It was a fend-for-yourself environment.

Butler could kill you a hundred different ways without use of his armoury. Though I'm sure one would be quite sufficient.

The simile sets two ideas side by side; in the metaphor they become superimposed.

People make a big fuss over you when you're President. But I'm very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn't go to my head.

I used to joke that I was trying to sell out, and nobody would buy me.

I'm very fond of piano players.