Our love, our gratitude, our admiration for our men and women in uniform, our veterans and their families – all of that is bigger than any one party or any one election.

I like the fact that Melbourne always seems to support their chefs and promote them in ways I find really admirable.

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

A good thing to remember is somebody’s got it a lot worse than we do.

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.

We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?

There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive – that you can touch the miracle of being alive – then that is a kind of enlightenment.

One of the greatest lessons of my own life was learning to turn the inner rampage of hatred and anger toward my own father for his reprehensible behavior and abandonment of his family into an inner reaction more closely aligned with God and God-realized love.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

I love soccer, love tennis… Roger Federer has been a favourite for a long, long time. The kind of consistency he has shown, 16 Grand Slam titles… The way he handles himself in pressure situations is admirable… He is so calm… In soccer, I’m a huge fan of Barcelona… I like watching Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and David Villa.

Love in all its subtleties is nothing more, and nothing less, than the more or less direct trace marked on the heart of the element by the psychical convergence of the universe upon itself.

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.

I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven.

I always joke that my kids‘ favorite holiday is Father’s Day. They love the way I celebrate the occasion by writing each of them a thank-you letter and a generous check. It’s my way of letting them know how much I appreciate the great pleasure and privilege of being their dad.

It is a true rule that love is ever rewarded, either with the reciproque or with an inward and secret contempt.

We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.

We are all alike, on the inside.

For all the supporters of Tesla over the years, and it’s been several years now and there have been some very tough times, I’d just like to say thank you very much. I deeply appreciate the support, particularly through the darkest times.

Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own.

You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.

I think that everybody needs four things in life. Everybody needs something to do regardless of age. Everybody needs someone to love. Everybody needs something to hope for, and, of course, everybody needs someone to believe in.

I cannot remember a moment in my life when I have not felt the love of my family. We were a family that would have killed for each other – and we still are.

It’s important to love in hip hop.

Life is relationship, living is relationship. We cannot live if you and I have built a wall around ourselves and just peep over that wall occasionally. Unconsciously, deeply, under the wall, we are related.

I fall in love every day. Not with people but with situations.

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.

When I look at acting careers that I really admire, I see that it’s been a precise decision-making process for these people. They make decisions based on what they love, and they do only the things that they are passionate about. They play only characters that they can’t stop thinking about.

Intimates are predestined.

We will always be a family. Always.

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.

For Christians, who believe they are created in the image of God, it is the Godhead, diversity in unity and the three-in-oneness of God, which we and all creation reflect.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

How much better it would be if all could be more aware of God’s providence and love and express that gratitude to Him.

I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give them the right to be.

Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: you have to start over again every morning.

Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form.

I did 20 years in the Navy. I joined the Navy right out of high school and went through Navy boot camp, went to SEAL training, got done with that, and then showed up at a SEAL team, where I did 20 years. That was pretty much my whole adult life.

Love is a better teacher than duty.

It is a very mixed blessing to be brought back from the dead.

Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.

We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to forget the feuds of a thousand years.

For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.

If you like it you should enjoy it! Moderation in everything. If there’s things you really love, you should enjoy. You get one life, so you should enjoy it.

The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love.

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

There are plenty of dead scientists I admire, but I can’t think of any living ones. This is probably because it is only in retrospect that one can see who made the important contributions.

The loss of young first love is so painful that it borders on the ludicrous.

My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, ‚Oh God, I’ve got to do this today.‘

I went through all the musicians in my life who I admire as bright, intelligent, virtuosic players.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

I love singing. I love it, and it doesn’t feel like a chore. It’s an expression.

I’m the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren’t no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away in the villages didn’t know about them.

Only Americans can hurt America.

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

Men who think that a woman’s past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and weak.

My purpose is to help people look at themselves and begin to shift their concepts. Remember, we are not our country, our race, or religion. We are eternal spirits. Seeing ourselves as spiritual beings without label is a way to transform the world and reach a sacred place for all of humanity.