Always be thou prepared, and so live that death may never find thee unprepared.

Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!

If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself in the distorted mirror of your own self-importance.

To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

Love feels no burden, regards not labors, strives toward more than it attains, argues not of impossibility, since it believes that it may and can do all things.

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Don't think so much about who is for or against you, rather give all your care, that God be with you in everything you do.

Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.

The difference between successful and unsuccessful people is that successful ones know that the most unprofitable thing ever manufactured is an excuse.

After only a few moments in her presence, he found himself wondering what dragon he might slay for her.

No more relationships ! No more wasting time !No more feelings !

Writing is like bungee jumping for the soul...you take a deep breath, plunge into the abyss and hope the rope tethering you to the real world doesn't snap.

I think you go through a period as a teenager of being quite cool and unaffected by things.

Do not be content with an imaginary god.

I was totally into jazz in my teens.

Justice must take account of infinite circumstances which a human being cannot understand.

I always entreat the good Lord to give me my childhood back, that is to say, to grant that I may see nature and render it like a child, without prejudice.

My kid is not going to wear a flat bill.