So fixed are our spirits in slothfulness and cold indifference that we seldom overcome so much as one evil habit.

Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!

If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself in the distorted mirror of your own self-importance.

To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

Love feels no burden, regards not labors, strives toward more than it attains, argues not of impossibility, since it believes that it may and can do all things.

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Don't think so much about who is for or against you, rather give all your care, that God be with you in everything you do.

Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.

The President of the United States has a much wider power than the German Kaiser had, for he depended on parliament.

I'm sure that there are places in the deserts in Australia that could be similar to where we might want to go on Mars.

The words that come out of our mouths do not vanish but are perpetually stored in infinite space, and they will come back to us in due time.

Do not scorn pity that is the gift of a gentle heart, Éowyn!

Fashion is part of our culture, and it's about more than just a pretty dress.

Chronology, so the saying goes, is the last refuge of the feeble-minded and the only resort for historians.

The broad comedy thing is really hard to do on film.

The world we live in will be either better or worse depending on whether we become better or worse.

Authority and place demonstrate and try the tempers of men, by moving every passion and discovering every frailty.

...I write to keep in contact with our ancestors and to spread truth to people.