My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity. I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else but it seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not - more important now was for me to love them. Feeling that way turns your whole life around; living becomes the act of giving.

The last major childhood disease remains and it's the worst of them all: nuclear war.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

The press frequently sneers at the hype devoted to a superstar, but the press itself is responsible for all the hype.

Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.

There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.