Self-righteousness is the devil's masterpiece to make us think well of ourselves.

As God by creation made two of one, so again by marriage He made one of two.

Grace comes into the soul as the morning sun into the world: there is first a dawning, then a mean light, and at last the sun in his excellent brightness.

That which a man spits against heaven, shall fall back on his own face.

Prevention is so much better than healing because it saves the labor of being sick.

No man more truly loves God than he that is most fearful to offend Him.

A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation.

He who reforms himself, has done much toward reforming others; and one reason why the world is not reformed, is, because each would have others make a beginning, and never thinks of himself doing it.

The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be so bold as to deceive Him to His face.

He who demands mercy and shows none ruins the bridge over which he himself is to pass.

He who is proud of his knowledge, has gout in the wrong end.

Some birds learn how to fly only after falling off of a cliff.

Thoughts are circular, they don't take you anywhere. They don't have feet-they can't gain any ground. They can trap you if you don't eventually stand up and make a move.

By Soulfully understanding all you are - there is no need to fret about what to do next, or when.

Writing is work. It’s also gambling. You don’t get a pension plan. Other people can help you a bit, but ­essentially you’re on your own. ­Nobody is making you do this: you chose it, so don’t whine.

A person without her or his own truth ain't a person at all, Ida said. Anybody who tells you different—is a jackass, and no longer deserves to be called human being.

I think, at heart, unless you discover faith in something else, something other, it's very hard to shake the thing that you're adrift alone.

True luxury is being able to own your time - to be able to take a walk, sit on your porch, read the paper, not take the call, not be compelled by obligation.

I hope my visual language inspires others to tell their stories and challenges people's thinking.

Cumulatively small decisions, choices, actions, make a very big difference.

In order to teach you, I must know you.