Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

The world is governed by opinion.

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.

May your life preach more loudly than your lips.

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd even toward the best objective.

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

When we practice self-compassion in our lives, we are compelled to be more understanding and accepting toward ourselves.

By acknowledging our boundaries and limitations, we attain greater heights than we ever will by appearing to think we know everything.

I read so I might live a thousand lives in a lifetime. I write to control the particulars in those lives.

People who're nuts never doubt their own sanity. (The Killer's Cousin)

While sin is overflowing, [grace] pours itself forth so exuberantly, that it not only overcomes the flood of sin, but wholly absorbs it.

Comedy is not commercial; it is risky, because what is funny in one place isn't always funny somewhere else.

I'm stronger than I think I am. Mentally, physically.

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

Some missionaries bound for Africa were laughed at by the boat captain. 'You'll only die over there,' he said. But a missionary replied, 'Captain, we died before we started.'

Excitable boy, they all said, he killed and raped her and brought her home.