Venice astonishes more than it pleases at first sight.

Goethe has made a remark upon the perfectability of the human mind, which is full of sagacity: It is always advancing, but in a spiral line.

Love is the symbol of eternity.

Enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'

Prayer is the life of the soul.

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

The best way to avoid becoming a scapegoat is to find one.

Comedy is funny when it comes from truth, and that's always the rule of them. It's about how far you can push that boundary.

When you come right down to it, I guess I really am pretty bland.

There is no use of Evangelicalism seeming to get larger and larger, if at the same time appreciable parts of Evangelicalism are getting soft at that which is the central core, namely the Scriptures.

My grandfather is Portuguese. He betrayed what was expected of him and married my grandmother of African descent on my father's side.

I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without a struggle, it's not going to be satisfying.

Even though I have so many things to figure out, I'm very much at peace. I don't feel like I'm closing the chapter on this phase of life - I feel like I'm closing the book and starting a new one.

Have God make a message out of your mess.

I went through a huge transition in my life where everything and everyone I knew and trusted didn't turn out to be that way.

The question is: how you cross uneven ground, how you assemble networks around you.