The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.

If you are writing any book about the end of the world, what you are really writing about is what's worth saving about it.

Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build their philosophy of life.

Behind every writer stands a very large bookshelf.

Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them

My inventing time is all done under the influence of aerobic exercise. Basically, I do all my thinking while I run.

I grew up during the Cold War, when everything seemed very tenuous. For many years, right up until the fall of the Berlin Wall, I had vivid nightmares of nuclear apocalypse.

That is life... to begin again when everything is lost!

We cannot measure Divine Providence by the yardstick of human mentality.

Even if my country remains in war with yours. . .remember. . . i am not your enemy.

[Once plans for each eventuality are resolved, further] Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.

My dream is to create something so beautiful that it encourages people to present the best version of themselves to me everywhere I go.

Hope is the whisper of our heart about the possibilities of our lives.

There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who walk into a room and say ‘Here I am’ and those who walk into a room and say, ‘There you are.

Some wounds were worth bearing for the healing they brought.

Scientism and godism are superstitions, one blindly believes in what's visible, the other blindly believes in what's invisible.

And after death something new begins, over which all the powers of the world of death can have no more control.

We have not received the Spirit of God because we believe, but that we may believe.

To be a successful soldier, you must know history.

If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a room, close the door, and WRITE. If you don't want to write, do something else. It's as simple as that.

I think it's really important for actors to have another creative outlet, or for anyone, really.