There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.

Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn’t speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind – like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.

Kisses are a better fate than wisdom.

To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than others.

There used to be an old bad joke. I hope it’s not so much a good joke anymore. ‚Everybody’s from Scranton; no one’s in Scranton.‘

I was the only kid who anybody I knew has ever seen actually walk into a lamppost with his eyes wide open. Everybody assumed that there must be something going on inside, because there sure as hell wasn’t anything going on on the outside!

Beauty and folly are old companions.

Jesus is a divine guest inside of you all the time – one who loves, understands, sees and hears you. He wants to live in oneness with you… to be the centerpiece of everything you do.

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.

I have an urge to communicate. I think I’m a change from what it would be like dating a normal guy who doesn’t talk too much.

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

There is no darkness but ignorance.

I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another.

If someone lies, well, you had a choice to trust that person or not. I think the way my father raised me, well, he trusted everybody. And that worked for him.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.

Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety.

There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.

Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.

I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.

It’s better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone – so far.

I grew up in a funny way.

Good jokes are gems. A good idea is hard to come by. I couldn’t give them to someone else, even for money. It just wouldn’t seem right.

Philosophy is the highest music.

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love.

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, prove false again? Two hundred more.

However weak we are, however poor, however little our faith, or however small our grace may be, our names are still written on His heart; nor shall we lose our share in Jesus‘ love.

I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him ‚father.‘

Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they’re already asleep.

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it.

My first job in all honesty is going to continue to be mom-in-chief. Making sure that in this transition, which will be even more of a transition for the girls… that they are settled and that they know they will continue to be the center of our universe.

When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection, love is born.

Love is a sacred reserve of energy; it is like the blood of spiritual evolution.

I always wanted a great love affair: something that feels big and full, really honest, and enough. No moment should feel slight, false, or a little off. For me, it had to be everything.

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.

Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.

Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.

Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world.

Love is easy, and I love writing. You can’t resist love. You get an idea, someone says something, and you’re in love.

Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.

It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing.

You know, my Grandpop Finnegan used to have an expression: he used to say, ‚Joey, the guy in Olyphant’s out of work, it’s an economic slowdown. When your brother-in-law’s out of work, it’s a recession. When you’re out of work, it’s a depression.‘

Marriage has no guarantees. If that’s what you’re looking for, go live with a car battery.

I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.

Stand-up is my baby.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

The prospect of dating someone in her twenties becomes less appealing as you get older. At some point in your life, your tolerance level goes down and you realize that, with someone much younger, there’s nothing really to talk about.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.

A doctor gave a man six months to live. The man couldn’t pay his bill, so he gave him another six months.

We do not know what love is. We know the symptoms of it, the pleasure, the pain, the fear, the anxiety and so on. We try to solve the symptoms, which becomes a wandering in darkness. We spend our days and nights in this, and it is soon over in death.

Be a force of love as often as you can and turn away negative thoughts whenever you feel them surface.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.