“Men of power are seldom protected from their own infirmities by the men subordinate to them — not even in the sad circumstances of mental exhaustion.”

The apathy and inattention of the average citizen is beyond comprehension.

When I was young I thought of friendship as a matter of total loyalty and unchanging preference and I was often disappointed.

But as an adult I had come to see that it was more the refraction of some total faithfulness and joy of which we all had some primordial notion.

Or when an old relationship deepens into friendship, or when one finds an old friendship intact despite the passage of years and many absences.

It is hard for many people today to make the distinction between religion and religiosity, the latter a dangerous parody of the former.

I don’t think life offers any greater experience than the joyful sense of recognition when one finds in a new acquaintance a real friend

By the very fact of public life, one seems to lose humanity in people’s eyes.

Growth requires purposeful division. Responsible dissent is the essence of democracy.

The exchange of trust and the experience of understanding between two people was like a sign or witness to the possibilitity of eternal caring and understanding and communication.

One is not allowed a grief for a life never lived. Yet one has buried the fruit of love, and a great deal of hope and many dreams.

[What she told herself before interviews:] I am the way I am; I look the way I look; I am my age.

I found the purpose of my existence, and also the purpose of my circumstance. There’s a purpose for why you’re in the fire.

You can be happy in any circumstances, you simply need to believe in God.

I’m often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don’t think I’ve actually cried watching myself.

Have you ever felt trapped in circumstances, then discovered that the only trap was your own lack of vision, lack of courage, or failure to see that you had better options?

We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder and more open to what scares us. We always have this choice.

When God doesn’t change a circumstance, He can change our hearts in knowing that He can change all things for the good.

Focus on your dream and do everything in your power. You have the power to change your life circumstances.

Never let a situation or circumstance define your life, no matter what it may be.