Grace! 'tis a charming Sound, Harmonious to my Ear! Heav'n with the Echo shall resound, And all the Earth shall hear.

Awake, my soul! Stretch every nerve, And press with vigor on; A heavenly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown.

Perish each thought of human pride, let God alone be magnified.

Let us live while we live.

His goodness stands approved,Unchanged from day to day;I'll drop my burden at His feet,And bear a song away.

I am more afraid of doing what is wrong than of dying.

If nobody loves you, be sure it is your own fault.

Hark, the glad sound! The Saviour comes, The Saviour promised long; Let every heart exult with joy, And every voice be song!

Ye servants of the Lord, Each in his office wait, Observant of the heavenly word, And watchful at his gate.

Self-denial is the first quality of love

There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we believe we left without having lived them, those we spent with a favorite book.

The more completely you can be yourself, the more fully and consciously you participate in the world.

Life is never static. Despite catastrophic tragedies, life has persisted in evolving new varieties of unimaginable forms. I find comfort in the narrative of evolutionary history.

I spent many a charming evening talking and playing with Albertine, but none so sweet as when I was watching her sleep.

You know, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.''And yet it is still extremely funny.

We have no sociology of architecture. Architects are unaccustomed to social analysis and mistrust it; sociologists have fatter fish to fry.

We need to keep a constant watch over our mind and learn to distinguish between the beneficial and harmful thoughts that are arising moment by moment. Those who are able to do this are truly wise.

An inordinate love of ritual can be harmful to the soul, unless, of course, in times of great crisis, when ritual can protect the soul from fracture.

Innovation comes from long-term thinking and iterative execution.