Faith is an adventure; it is the courage of the soul to face the unknown. But that courage springs from the hope and confidence of the soul that its adventure will succeed.

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.

A friend is what the heart needs all the time.

Every house where love abides And friendship is a guest, Is surely home, and home sweet home For there the heart can rest.

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.

For those who love... time is eternity.

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

The simple life which blandly ignores all care and conflict, soon becomes flabby and invertebrate, sentimental and gelatinous.

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.

Where there is passion, there is possibility.

Much is imagination, more is truth, but which is which I scarcely can tell myself.

You like him, Rose. Why don't you just admit that, at least to me?

The breeding programs for the bulls have improved significantly. The bulls are at a much higher caliber.

The earth is, of course, not the geometric center of the universe. But it is certainly the center of our lives.

The strong are so stupid.

Esse quam videri," Celia says. "To be, rather than to seem.

We are all naturally xenophobic.

It is in the interests of society to put the Pill into slot machines and to place cigarettes on prescription.