A psychologist once told me that, for a boy, being in the middle of a conflict between two women is the worst possible situation. There's always a desire to please each one.

Better the man that conquer a thousand-thousand men is the one who conquer one himself.

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older, then it dawned on me . . they're cramming for their final exam.

But the attitude of faith is to let go and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.

I am thankful of course, for the prize, and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day.

I don't believe in fate or destiny. I believe in various degrees of hatred, paranoia and abandonment. However much of that gets heaped upon you, doesn't matter - it's only a matter of how much you can take and what it does to you.

Selfless service alone gives the needed strength and courage to awaken the sleeping humanity in one's heart.

In England, the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here, the judges should not be independent of the people, but be appointed for not more than seven years. The people would always re-elect the good judges.

I never drink water, that is the stuff that rusts pipes.

Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.

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