How you die out in me:down to the lastworn-out knot of breathyou're there, with a splinter of life.

For once, engulf, not air, but hope.For once, breathe on, a firm belief!

Virtue is the fount whence honor springs.

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.

The word comfort is from two Latin words meaning “with” and “strong” – He is with us to make us strong. Comfort is not soft, weakening commiseration; it is true, strengthening love.

Be true to yourself. Don't take no for an answer. And start your Transcendental Meditation.

I find singing as somebody else very liberating, it just frees me up.

In any situation you can think of, impatience is a source of weakness and fear, while patience represents substance and strength.

It is easier to raise the performance of one leader than it is to raise the performance of a whole mass.

When you attack the roots of sin, fix your thought more on the God you desire than on the sin you abhor.

There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right.