Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing.

It is better to say, "This one thing I do" than to say, "These forty things I dabble in."

You are not so good a Christian when you are neglecting a plain duty as when you are performing it. And joining the church is a plain duty for all who mean to be Christians.

When any duty is to be done, it is fortunate for you if you feel like doing it; but, if you do not feel like it, that is no reason for not doing it.

The substance of all realities is in this religion of Jesus Christ; but it can be real only to those who will do His will.

Every one of us may know what is the ruling purpose of his life; and he who knows that his ruling purpose is to trust and follow Christ knows that he is a Christian.

Slander, in the strict meaning of the term, comes under the head of lying; but it is a kind of lying which, like its antithesis flattery, ought to be set apart for special censure.

But what an mortal man do to secure his own salvation?" Mortal man can do just what God bids him do. Be can repent and believe. He can arise and follow Christ as Matthew did.

It is by speech that many of our best gains are made. A large part of the good we receive comes to us in conversation.

You do not own the molecules. They are stardust. They belong to God. What you do own is your soul. Nobody can take that away from you.

he citizens must begin to work to clean the city and country of any dirt.

I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it.

My fans firstly [inspire me]. They make me want to be a better person and really motivate me when times get tough. Also Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" and, oddly enough, hubcaps.

I believe in the Yves Saint Laurent woman who either has her hands in the pockets of her pantsuit or is holding her lover's hand. She doesn't need a bag.

if it's not in my email archive, I don't know it

If something comes from your heart, it will reach the heart of your audience.

Zen pretty much comes down to three things -- everything changes; everything is connected; pay attention.

By fashion and built-in obsolescence the economies of machine production, instead of producing leisure and durable wealth, are duly cancelled out by the mandatory consumption on an even larger scale.

Parenting, as an unpaid occupation outside the world of public power, entails lower status, less power, and less control of resources than paid work.