Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer.

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still importunate, when the wants of nature are supplied.

A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

The more you say, the less people remember.

The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying.

Let gratitude for the past inspire us with trust for the future.

How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.

Listen less to your own thoughts and more to God's thoughts.

My problem is I can think whatever I think—girl power, solidarity, Gloria Steinem rah rah rah — but I still feel the way I feel. Which is jealous. And pissy about little things.

No matter what time of year I come here, people always say the same thing: Its not usually like this.

All along, my mantra was: Don't write unless it contributes to the emotion, and do anything you do in service of the emotion only.

Admiration bestowed upon any one but ourselves is always tedious.

Luck in all its moods had to be loved and not feared. Bond saw luck as a woman, to be softly wooed or brutally ravaged, never pandered to or pursued.

Our God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Our shelter from the stormy blast,And our eternal home.

And anything worth dying for

I don't believe any genre of music can be unilaterally dismissed (aside from like, white-power music or something).

This dying forces you to look into yourself. And in this, compassion is the only way. Love is the only way.

Most, if not all, problems brought to therapists are issues of love. It makes sense that the cure is also love.