Leo Tolstoy

The Kingdom of God is Within You,

My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.

I am always with myself, and it is I who am my tormentor.

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

I’ve always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.

It’s all God’s will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.

When you get married, your loyalty, first and foremost, is to your spouse, and to the family that you create together.

If I’m not interested in a woman, I’m straight-forward. Right after sex, I usually say, ‘I can’t do this anymore. Thanks for coming over!’

A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships.

From the first time I saw a picture of him, James Taylor was it — the ultimate Orpheus of all my fantasies.

Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.

Cherish your human connections – your relationships with friends and family.

I wasn’t looking to be gay. I was quite upset when I discovered that was part of my life. I wished it would go away. But you can’t change who you are. And I tried to fight it in the beginning. And then I had a cancer scare in the mid-70’s. And that turned out to be a mistake, and I thought, ‘Life is too short.’

I guess I am just not the marrying type. I have given it a few chances, and it just goes haywire after a month or two. I am on wife number five right now, maybe five’s a charm?

Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.

A bond as important as that of a husband and wife, is the bond between siblings.

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.

What truly made me fall in love with Barack Obama was his character.

To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.

It’s great if the in-laws themselves put up boundaries. But if they won’t; it’s up to their grown kids to do it and enforce them.

Never put more in a relationship than you can afford to lose.