A book is a most delightful companion. It gives, and does not take.

The man who persists in knocking will succeed in entering.

I went out into the garden in the morning dusk, When sorrow enveloped me like a cloud; And the breeze brought to my nostril the odor of spices, As balm of healing for a sick soul.

Love blinds us to faults, hatred to virtues.

Dive into the sea of thought, and find there pearls beyond price.

Bitter is wine, but it sweetens all bitterness.

A proverb has three characteristics: few words, good sense, and a fine image.

Who ignores the time walks in darkness, and who explores it is illumined by a great light.

Words are like bodies; meanings are like souls.

Beware the man who has two faces and two hearts.

Sorrow shatters my heart; And men distress it with blame, Because it follows love.

Faith hope and charity-if we had more of the first two we'd need less of the last.

I have a spiritual advisor I call up, when I just feel lost. Lately, I've been talking to God. I developed this dialogue in rehab, this dialogue with God, and every day I talk to God.

Pursuing prayer is prayer on a mission. It is diligent, fervent, constant, persevering, determined, and convinced.

Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have patience.

I like when a teenager comes and talks to me on the street. I've been through a lot and I have a lot to share.

I just want to feel as much as I can, it's what soul is all about.

Revealed religion first informed thy sight, and reason saw not till faith sprung to light.

I don't accept that. I really don't care - I'm going to be like one of these deniers - I don't care what the polls say.

The certainty that everything has already been written annuls us, or renders us phantasmal.

It is always the unreadable that occurs.