The measure of a man consists less in his present perfection than in his willingness to be perfected. A man will be remembered most, not for his accomplishments, but for his character.

The question is not whether our life is purposeful, but whether that purpose leads to a hope which is proper to our nature as human beings, for only then will life be meaningful.

Faith is about what we know, not what we feel. Yet, what we know will influence and direct what we feel. A strong knowledge of God will yield feelings of confidence in Him.

Great hardship always seems to be the prerequisite to meaningful spiritual growth.

The terrible poverty of pride is that there is nothing that can be taken in selfishness which will exceed what is received when nothing is expected and everything is offered.

Weirdism is definitely the cornerstone of many an artist's career.

By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.

The devil will not be fine about your blessing and will make sure that your blessings become your headache

The single best machine to measure trust is a human being. We haven't figured out a metric that works better than our own sort of, like, 'There's something fishy about you.'

One of the by-products of being allowed to start my professional career prematurely is that the evolution of my work is really evident.

I always said it kept me alive - photography - because it did. It was my catharsis.

They were the first Westerners. The spirit of the West, the modern spirit, is a Greek discovery; and the place of the Greeks is in the modern world.

Men have learned the secret of unity.

Many women have more power than they recognize, and they're very hesitant to use it, for they fear they won't be loved.

The image wanders ghostlike through the present. Ghostly apparitions occur only in places where a terrible deed has been committed.