To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.

Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!

If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself in the distorted mirror of your own self-importance.

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

Love feels no burden, regards not labors, strives toward more than it attains, argues not of impossibility, since it believes that it may and can do all things.

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Don't think so much about who is for or against you, rather give all your care, that God be with you in everything you do.

Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.

In the long term the most important question for a company is not what you are but what you are becoming.

For pines are gossip pines the wide world through And full of runic tales to sigh or sing.

All those ridiculous songs about love - I finally understood.

I play mostly bad guys on TV and mostly good guys in movies.

The sociopaths - that's the real problem. The whole street demeanor is about pretending to be a sociopath as well so that the real ones can't find you.

It is a privilege for me to serve the NFL. It is the only place I have ever wanted to work.

I always tend to favor the newer idea.

It would take me years of reading, thought, and experience to learn again that in this world limits are not only inescapable but indispensable.