The average American has separated his private life from his existence as a member of his society, and leaves that to the specialists in the government to take care of.

Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'

Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.

It takes a moment to tell someone you love them, but it takes a lifetime to prove it.

Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

The lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness.

The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.

The scars left from the child's defeat in the fight against irrational authority are to be found at the bottom of every neurosis.

To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.

To win the Calder Trophy means a lot. It means a lot. I don't have words. I could tell you in Russian.

It's an awful feeling to write something that you feel is really important... and to feel that you're being published by people who really don't get it and/or don't really care.

An ally need not own the land he helps.

I don't think people fully appreciate the trauma associated with losing. It takes a lot out of you, year after year.

We can't know at any given time how God will bless our faithful witness. So the apparent numerical growth of the church is never a good guide to how faithful we have been in evangelism.

You know, don't judge a person, do not pass judgement, unless you have talked to them one on one.

Light always underestimates the viciousness of Darkness

All men, even the most surly are influenced by affection.

To capture an enemies army is better than to destroy it.

The cause of today is the effect of the past and the cause for the future.