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.

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

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

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.

When our friends are alive we see the good qualities they lack dead we remember only those they possessed.

What matters is hard work, and emotional intelligence.

We are human. Some days are harder than others. One day something will upset me more than it would have the day before.

Living in balance and purity is the highest good for you and the earth.

I used to love going into local hardware stores, to look at little things they made locally. Nowadays it's harder, though you can still do it in Vietnam.

Open your eyes at last and see... now I will open the book of the world for you,there are no words in it, just pictures.

If we misuse the gift of sexuality, we're going to suffer the consequences, and I firmly believe we are suffering the consequences.

I was 17 and the whole thing was very confusing at the time. It was a great job and I loved it, and to lose the role was definitely tough for me. I was devastated when I lost the role.

The instinct that pulls us toward art is the impulse to evolve, to learn, to heighten and elevate our consciousness. The Ego hates this. Because the more awake we become, the less we need the Ego.

Healthier, perhaps, to find beauty in life and feel it expand inside of us.