I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself.

I have devoted my energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the daily services in church; study, teaching, and writing have always been my delight.

He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor.

I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself.

And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.

Ireland, in breadth, and for wholesomeness and serenity of climate, far surpasses Britain; for the snow scarcely ever lies there above three days: no man makes hay in the summer for winter's provision, or builds stables for his beasts of burden... the island abounds in milk and honey.

Purgatory fire will be more intolerable than all the torments that can be felt or conceived in this life.

Rome will exist as long as the Coliseum does; when the Coliseum falls, so will Rome; when Rome falls, so will the world.

Having different types of stocks in your portfolio can enhance returns.

The elusive truth is that there is nothing stress-producing in the physical world. Things simply are. Molecules move. Light and sound appear.

I could care less about sitting around and practicing the guitar for hours a day and trying to be the best guitar player on the planet.

I don't allow meat in my house or in my oven. My whole family is vegetarian - and although I've given my kids the choice to order meat at a restaurant when they reach five, they're not interested.

I've done movies I'm very proud of, but there's always a sense of: 'Come see this shiny new car!' The question I hate the most is: 'Why should people see it?'

There is nothing that says unions have a God-given right to be there. We have to work at it and make ourselves relevant to every section of the workforce.

A lot of writers, especially crime writers, have an image that we think we're trying to keep up with. You've got to be seen as dark and slightly dangerous. But I'm not like that and I've realised that I don't need to put that on. People will buy the books whether they see a photo of you dressed in black or not.

The signal is the truth. The noise is what distracts us from the truth.

A good farmer never plants all his seeds in a single piece of land.

The fact that hardly anyone is ever prepared to admit to racist behaviour is perhaps a sort of strength: it speaks to the fact that racism is socially inadmissible.

My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes.

The case for exploiting animals for food, clothing and entertainment often relies on our superior intelligence, language and self-awareness: the rights of the superior being trump those of the inferior.

Near the gates and within two cities there will be scourges the like of which was never seen: famine within plague, people put out by steel, crying to the great immortal God for relief.

I miss the anonymity that comes with New York because everyone around you is so immersed in their own journey.

My first priority is time with my family.

I'm a crazy cinephile.

If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.

I've been told I miss every pass made at me! It would be wonderful to have a partner, but in my mind, it has to be like making a product. The product has to be meaningful, impact people - it has to be a great product.

I like Hrithik Roshan and Shahid Kapoor. They are amazing and very hard working when it comes to dance.

Since 'A Dangerous Method,' I've had meetings with everyone from J.J. Abrams to the producers of 'Drive.' And they all have the same thing in common; they say: 'Wow you worked with Cronenberg.' He gave me instant film cred.

Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year younger than me and basically has the same sensibility as me.

Leaders who are kind of insecure or egocentric, they basically sabotage themselves.

If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.

Some of the most exciting moments in 'Star Wars' are when you're cutting between stories and you're building this momentum.