But we believe – nay, Lord we only hope, That one day we shall thank thee perfectly For pain and hope and all that led or drove Us back into the bosom of thy love.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

This is the crepe. This is the cider. This is how we live and eat.

Don't give yourself a limit and you may discover you don't have one.

I was lucky that I had friends who have maintained a very regular attitude with me and haven't changed how they interact with me.

Friend is a very small word, A little sound we make, For one who is true, one who will do, Great deeds for friendship's sake.

When you are exhausted from trying, try just one more time.

My diet is usually pretty consistent whether I'm training for a specific fight or not. I don't like to mess too much with it.

I always wrote about things that were important to me. I think our past success showed that it was also important for a lot of others.

A lot of my inspiration is reactionary to images I see in the media.

Anything sweet, really sweet, that I have was nothing that I planned.

No one has a right to obstruct another exercising his faculties innocently for the relief of sensibilities made a part of his nature.