It was not the part of His kindly love that he who was to praise God's divine generosity in regard to others should be compelled to condemn it in regard to himself.

To [man] it is granted to have whatever he chooses, to be whatever he wills.

Whatever seeds each man cultivates will grow to maturity and bear in him their own fruit. If they be vegetative, he will be like a plant.

The Pythagoreans degrade impious men into brutes and, if one is to believe Empedocles, even into plants.

On man when he came into life the Father conferred the seeds of all kinds and the germs of every way of life.

But, when the work was finished, the Craftsman kept wishing that there were someone to ponder the plan of so great a work, to love its beauty, and to wonder at its vastness.

Admittedly great though these reasons be, they are not the principal grounds, that is, those which may rightfully claim for themselves the privilege of the highest admiration.

God the Father, the supreme Architect, had already built this cosmic home we behold, the most sacred temple of His godhead, by the laws of His mysterious wisdom.

For why should we not admire more the angels themselves and the blessed choirs of heaven?

But in its final creation it was not the part of the Father's power to fail as though exhausted. It was not the part of His wisdom to waver in a needful matter through poverty of counsel.

The key to happiness is under the doorstep rug.

I never said you had to like it. You have to accept it. No regret."-Clare Harding.

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it but there's less of you.

Believe, meditate, see. Be harmless, be blameless. Awake to the law. And from all sorrows free yourself.

I think friendships are a lot more valuable than one job. If you're going to let it ruin that, then that's stupid.

It is so difficult in the world for people to find love, true love.

Do no talk while eating.

Everything in life is just for a while.

I'm never satisfied. I'm always trying to get better and learn from my mistakes.

Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.