For a person to become deeply involved in any activity it is essential that he knows precisely what tasks he must accomplish, moment by moment.
Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
I am thankful that thorns have roses.
All people have three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.
Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Immediately after the Olympics, I was pretty fatigued.
I learned over the years never to correct a fool or he will hate you; correct a wise man, and he will appreciate you.
Where there's life there's hope, and need of vittles.
In the context of interfaith encounter, we need to bring to the surface how our actual beliefs shape what we do - not simply to agree that kindness is better than cruelty.