Play and pray; but on the whole do not pray when you are playing and do not play when you are praying.

Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.

The strong hands of God twisted the crown of thorns into a crown of glory; and in such hands we are safe.

Unless devotion is given to the thing which must prove false in the end, the thing that is true in the end cannot enter.

I think in order to move forward into the future, you need to know where you've been

An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy.

To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole doctrine of largesse revolves.

It is as pleasant as it is unusual to see thoroughly good people getting their deserts.

It may be a movement towards becoming like little children to admit that we are generally nothing else.

Love was even more mathematical than poetry. It was the pure mathematics of the spirit.

It is easier often to forgive than to be forgiven; yet it is fatal to be willing to be forgiven by God and to be reluctant to be forgiven by men

You've got to have someone who loves your body. Who doesn't define you, but sees you. Who loves what he sees. Who you don't have to struggle to be good enough for.

Bravery is not the absence of fear, but rather, it is the decision to look fear in the eyes and press on regardless

It is as necessary for man to live in beauty rather than ugliness as it is necessary for him to have food for an aching belly or rest for a weary body.

The very best relationship has a gardener and a flower. The gardener nurtures and the flower blooms.

The purpose of the church is to make bad men good and good men better.

I've got a heart like a college prom. Each one I dance with seems the best of all.

Unlike us, cats never outgrow their delight in cat capacities, nor do they settle finally for limitations. Cats, I think, live out their lives fulfilling their expectations.

When you're in love with the work, the energy comes more naturally. You want to wake up in the morning to write more material, or to go on stage and give every shred of emotion you have.

I don't measure my life by the money I've made. Other people might, but certainly don't.

I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations.