Keep alive within you and bring under wise control that courage which makes you long to undertake great works, which others might consider it folly to attempt.

May your heart be an altar, from which the bright flame of unending thanksgiving ascends to heaven.

Let us learn to skillfully draw good out of what would otherwise cause us harm.

Love, yes, love your calling, for this holy and generous love will impart strength to you so as to enable you to surmount all obstacles.

A person may rise to the highest degree of contemplation even when busily occupied.

You don't need to work hard to earn an empire

You must not hate those who do wrong or harmful things; but with compassion, you must do what you can to stop them — for they are harming themselves, as well as those who suffer from their actions.

One way isn't better than the other; they're just different.

I believe it is my duty to share the gifts I have learned. How dare I have the tools for finding serenity and not share them with the world?

What is the use of being a little boy if you are growing up to be a man.

One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.

The puritan through life's sweet garden goes to pluck the thorn and cast away the rose.

But the waiting time, my brothers, Is the hardest time of all.

I had two roles for which I compromised.

Consciously or unconsciously, we are all striving for perfection. Every being must attain to it.