Read the Bible, read the Bible! Let no religious book take its place. Through all my perplexities and distresses, I seldom read any other book, and I as rarely felt the want of any other.

You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.

There are four things that we ought to do with the Word of God - admit it as the Word of God, commit it to our hearts and minds, submit to it, and transmit it to the world.

It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures to the utmost of his power.

Let it not be said that I was silent when they needed me.

If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large.

We are too young to realize that certain things are impossible... So we will do them anyway.

May God enable me to have a single eye and a simple heart, desiring to please God, to do good to my fellow creatures, and testify my gratitude to my adorable Redeemer.

Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.

Africa, your sufferings have been the theme that has arrested & engaged my heart.

The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy.

O Great Swami of the East, your wisdom has pierced the miasma.

For balance to be restored, lessons must be learned

Each color lives by its mysterious life.

We cannot free ourselves from pride and selfish ambition; a divine rescue is absolutely necessary.

I've photographed everybody from Matisse to Isamu Noguchi.

God and eternal things are my only pleasure.

Whenever I'm stuck in traffic, I can't help but wonder, 'Where did the creator of The Jetsons go, and why hasn't he done something about this?'

Part of me is made of glass, and also, I love you.

And the VCR did the same thing: the movie industry thought nobody would ever watch movies any more.

Plot is very important to me, but I think my stories are stronger in character development.