“Marriage is the union of two divinities that a third might be born on earth.”

Much of your pain is self-chosen.

You are far, far greater than you know – and all is well.

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

Sit by me, my beloved, and listen to my heart; smile, for your happiness is a symbol of our future.

A man’s true wealth is the good he does in the world.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife.

The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.

Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don’t, they never were.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

The best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself.

Teamwork does not come naturally. Let’s face it. We are born with certain inclinations, but sharing isn’t one of them.

We were all born carrying a promise — a promise to make the world better — and there’s a yearning to make good on that promise that none of us can suppress forever.

Just as the first sign of life in an infant when born into the world is the act of breathing, so the first act of men and women when they are born again is praying.

I find myself born into this particular position. I’m determined to make the most of it. And to do whatever I can to help. And I hope I leave things behind a little bit better than I found them.

Christianity was literally born in the Middle East, and we must not forget our Middle Eastern brothers and sisters in Christ.

My folks came to U.S. as immigrants, aliens, and became citizens. I was born in Boston, a citizen, went to Hollywood and became an alien.

Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.

I maintain that to tell a person they are born again, while they are living in carelessness or sin, is a dangerous delusion.