Whenever we suffer — no matter what the severity of our suffering is — we have the ability to find meaning in the situation.

The teachings of the Saviour

People buy a cat and think, 'Oh that's a beautiful collar. I'll put that on, ' but that doesn't make them a responsible pet owner.

What is art but a way of seeing?

No, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess.

For the party, the Beijing Games are the biggest political happening of 2008. Everything revolves around them. This will be a huge celebration for the President Hu Jintao and the Premier Wen Jiabao.

Malcolm X is a person who has inspired - he has been the muse of several generations of black cultural workers, artists, poets, playwrights.

Being a Christian is more like having your soul possessed by a spirit than having your mind clothed with new beliefs... It is like being haunted by the Holy Ghost.

Fiction and poetry are the only way one can stop time and give an account of an experience and nail it down so that it lasts for ever.

I had been going on auditions and things like that since I was probably 10 - 11 years old.

Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.