It isn't kind to cultivate a friendship just so one will have an audience.

Patterning your life around other's opinions is nothing more than slavery.

True repentance means making amends with the person when at all possible.

Age is no guarantee of maturity.

Outings are so much more fun when we can savor them through the children's eyes.

The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them.

Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.

I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.

Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.

For all their strength, men were sometimes like little children.

If there was strife and contention in the home, very little else in life could compensate for it.

Tradition is a fragile thing in a culture built entirely on the memories of the elders.

God has given us our own unique paths to follow in life. What's interesting is no one's journey is ever the same.

Some things we forget. But many things we remember on the mental screen, which is the biggest screen of all.

The difference between helping and selling is just two letters. But those two letters are critically important to the success of business today.

Some women make it look so easy, the way they cast ambition off like an expensive coat that no longer fits.

I'm always mentally photographing everything as practice.

The worth of my music will never be guessed or its value to mankind felt until the approach to it is consciously undertaken as a pilgrimage to sorrows.

Instead of slashing my wrists, I just write a bunch of really crummy songs.

If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go far to find it.