I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.

Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last.

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.

Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul.

Some memories are unforgettable, remaining ever vivid and heartwarming!

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Jealousy is the tie that binds, and binds, and binds.

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

We want to take the energy surrounding the Sandy Hook anniversary that might otherwise be consumed by grief or anger - or this week in San Bernardino by fear - and channel some of that to honor our common humanity and love each other.

Have faith in God; God has faith in you.

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

On Thanksgiving I will stop to give thanks that my family is safe and healthy, especially because I realize that, following the tragedies of this year, it is all too real a possibility that they might not have been.

Every year, I hear about Thanksgiving. Who do one give thanks to? ... And who is giving thanks? What are they giving thanks for? For lots of poverty that's on the earth and lots of war that is a-rumoring all over the earth? For lots of people who die daily and the crime that multiply?

The principle part of faith is patience.

Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

Food is our common ground, a universal experience.

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.

My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.