People must believe what they can, and those who believe more must not be hard upon those who believe less. I doubt if you would have believed it all yourself if you hadn't seen some of it.

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.

Happiness is a strange thing. It is something I tend to recognize only after it has passed, when I realize I miss it.

Do not desperately seek refuge in heaven and delve in blissful ignorance

I don't know notes or octaves or the difference between sharp and flat, but I know music makes everything more.

I am Butler. Anything I say sounds scary.

Be everything with so much love in your heart that you would never want to do it any other way.

Openly I whispered and breathed a big gulp of air and saw all the beautiful trees and birds which surrounded me. The morning was beautiful like your smile.

Catch instants. Spontaneity, freshness.

A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.

If I didn't have kids, I would be at the theater or the ballet every single night of my life.

Ridley and I talk every day. Our family is very close because were from North England.