Holiness is an unselfing of ourselves.

Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning; and these three last have never converted any.

The great fact is, that life is a service. The only question is, "Whom will we serve?

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.

There is a grace of kind listening, as well as a grace of kind speaking.

There are no disappointments to those whose wills are buried in the will of God.

Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing for us to long for is the goodness, not the glory.

Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel's song which had lost its way and come to earth.

Many a friendship - long, loyal, and self-sacrificing - rested at first upon no thicker a foundation than a kind word.

Deep theology is the best fuel of devotion; it readily catches fire, and once kindled it burns long.

There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.

When we grow in faith, the doubt shall ceased.

Even his own speeches bored him.

A dragon looks like a girl when it is young.

Every mom believes her kid's school doodles are amazing, and I'm no different.

At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.

Fitness to me isn't about a crunch or a push up, it's about taking your power back.

His eyes were cold and brown - like coffee stains.

If you ask why we meditate, I would say it's so we can become more flexible and tolerant to the present moment.

We pass for what we are.

The only way you can better John is by copying him exactly.