Children are guilty of unpardonable rudeness when they spit in the face of a companion; neither are they excusable who spit from windows or on walls or furniture.

Teachers who are not actively involved in the learning process themselves, force their students to drink from stagnant water

Hold prayer in high esteem. It is the foundation of all the virtues, and the source of all grace needed to sanctify ourselves and to discharge the duties of our employment.

Learning without piety produces a proud device; piety without learning produces a useless one.

The birch is used only out of bad temper and weakness, for the birch is a servile punishment which degrades the soul even when it corrects, if indeed it corrects, for its usual effect is to harden.

In taking soup, it is necessary to avoid lifting too much in the spoon, or filling the mouth so full as almost to stop the breath.

Your greatest obstacles usher you to your greatest rewards.

You can do more than pray after you have prayed but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.

She was a truth that had filled his every moment.

Would that life were like the shadow cast by a wall or a tree but it is like the shadow of a bird in flight.

Dog - a kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship.

The most consistent musical experience I had growing up was church music.

If you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.

All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.

I think the social faux par is probably what most people fear... more people fear public speaking than death and that's because we don't want to make a fool of ourselves. It's fundamental.

Anybody who told you to be yourself simply couldn't have given you worse advice.