We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.

The Church is the Church only when it exists for others...not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to live for Christ, to exist for others.

It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.

Every wedding must be an occasion of joy that human beings can do such great things, that they have been given such immense freedom and power to take the helm in their life’s journey…

We have to learn that personal suffering is a more effective key, a more rewarding principle for exploring the world in thought and action than personal good fortune.

Sometimes, making the wrong choice is better than making no choice. You have the courage to go forward, that is rare. A person who stands at the fork, unable to pick, will never get anywhere.

I don't know, Alexander, sometimes it gets so bad you can't think of nothing better to do than make it worse.

Every man's actions belong to him.

God, there's teaching biology and teaching sexuality, and it's two separate things. They mix it and make it more of a morality thing where it's like, "A man and woman have a baby."

We do an epically bad job of acknowledging one another's work and checking our sources.

What is sacred is what is worthy of our reverence, what evokes awe and wonder in the human heart, and what, when contemplated, transforms us utterly.

One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, "What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew i would never see it again?

Well, let's be clear, I'm the only one on the stage who actually has a five-year budget that balances.

I like 'Futurama.' That's kind of the only thing that's my sci-fi thing, although I was big into zombies for a time.

There is often a good deal of the child left in people who have had to grow up too soon.