A man can no more be a Christian without facing evil and conquering it than he can be a soldier without going to battle, facing the cannon's mouth, and encountering the enemy in the field.

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

Do not judge from mere appearances.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.

We are born ready to love and be loved. It is our birthright.

When you learn to see the beauty in emptiness, your life will become more abundant.

Who is watching the Watchers?

We recently had an extension built, to house a closet. It's like the Tardis - I go in there and never come out.

Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.

I've never had to explain Prometheus to people, ever. Most people get it.

For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

O, merry is the Optimist, With the troops of courage leaguing. But a dour trend In any friend Is somehow less fatiguing.

Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.

I've learned the hard lesson that you can't pin your heart on anything until it's a completely done deal.