And peradventure we have more cause to thank Him for our loss than for our winning; for His wisdom better seeth what is good for us than we do ourselves.

One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.

You wouldn't abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn't control the winds.

Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.

Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.

The heart that has truly loved never forgets.

Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.

The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.

Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?

Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.

However happy people say they are, nobody is satisfied: we always have to be with the prettiest woman, buy a bigger house, change cars, desire what we do not have.

Empathy is patiently and sincerely seeing the world through the other person's eyes. It is not learned in school; it is cultivated over a lifetime.

Don't let the same dog bite you twice.

My son is the reason why I write music. He's the reason why everything is different for me.

Reason is the cause of our falsification of the evidence of the senses. In so far as the senses show becoming, passing away, change, they do not lie.

To make a book is as much a trade as to make a clock; something more than intelligence is required to become an author.

This year [2015] has shown with painful clarity that our existing systems, approaches, and funding, are inadequate to the task at hand, and to the amount of human suffering that is ongoing.

What really matters in a pencil is not its wooden exterior, but the graphite inside. So always pay attention to what is happening inside you.

Be patient. Always be kind. Stand in the middle of the river. Be prepared. It [success] will all come. Don't be in such a rush.

I was pretty hot-tempered all through school. I remember my high school basketball coach telling me: 'Boy, if you don't learn to control that temper, you're gonna kill somebody.'