There is this difference between the growth of some human beings and that of others: in the one case it is a continuous dying, in the other a continuous resurrection.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.

Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.

I've played all these extreme guys, but playing an everyman type has its own challenges.

Not communicating saves energy; it keeps people from worrying about things they cannot do anything about; and it eliminates an enormous amount of useless talk.

In the comics, Supergirl is quite, um, buxom...so I hope people won't come to the film expecting that.

Learn when to fear, and how to fear, and how much to fear, before you squander all you have left.

Love is just chemicals.

Let's try to present the same gospel but in a fresh fashion, always looking for a better way to connect with the audience.

Are you jealous of the ocean’s generosity? Why would you refuse to give this joy to anyone? Fish don’t hold the sacred liquid in cups! They swim the huge fluid freedom.

You know flexibility is a good thing but it shouldn't - you shouldn't be flexible on core principles.