A quarrel between friends when made up adds a new tie to friendship as ... the callosity formed 'round a broken bone makes it stronger than before.

What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.

Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.

Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.

Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

Weeping is terrible for the complexion, ' said Leonie, holding Shayndel close, 'but it is very good for the heart.

The ones who say "you can't" and "you won't" are probably the ones that are scared that you will.

I think imagination is a crazy thing, and that's what makes the world go around.

Great hopes make everything great possible

I have no desire to live anywhere else but New Zealand. I've had the good fortune to travel widely around the world, but New Zealand is home - and I like to be here. I'm proud to be a New Zealander.

The only hope lies in the fact that the American people - like people everywhere - are basically decent people with common sense.

The central task of science is to arrive, stage by stage, at a clearer comprehension of nature, but this does not at all mean, as it is sometimes claimed to mean, a search for mastery over nature.

Never eat broccoli when there are cameras around.

Even on my weakest days I get a little bit stronger

When virtual reality gets cheaper than dating, society is doomed.