Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless.

Too many people embrace religion from the same motives that they take a companion in wedlock, not from true love of the person, but because of a large dowry.

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.

There is no immunity from the consequences of sin; punishment is swift and sure to one and all.

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

We must not only read the Scriptures, but we must make their rules of life our own.

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.

Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.

Be your own star..

The house that does not comfort the needy is worthy of naught but destruction.

Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.

I never wanted to do something grotesque. I never wanted to shock. I wanted my audience to be happy, to be kind.

If you make enough bad decisions, every once in a while things work out for you.

The idea that you can contribute is really important, especially for a kid.

The thing that inspires me about Daniel Radcliffe and the thing that I admire the most about him is that he's had a level of fame thrust upon him that's relatively unheard of.

The reason why we obtain no more in prayer is because we expect no more. God usually answers us according to our own hearts.

If you follow your dreams and spend your life doing what brings you joy, you are more likely to find success

Ah, yes, my social life — a series of encounters where we briefly debate who is in the greater rush.