The foundation of authority is based upon the consent of the people.

Prayer is my chief work, and it is by means of it that I carry on the rest.

I confess it is beyond our power to awaken the heart, but ordinarily this way does good.

Look whether it be indifferently, as well for sins secret as open, what you find to be your best cordials to comfort you, whether God's Word, or natural means.

So that godly sorrow may be discerned by this train of graces wherewith it is accompanied, that worldly sorrow wants, at least in the truth of them, though it may have some shadows of them.

I do understand that onstage there are times when you think, 'I could not be more alive than I am at this moment. I can't do most things in life. This is what I'm for.'

As you reach your goals, set new ones. That is how you grow and become a more powerful person.

As long as the hummingbird had not abandoned the land, somewhere there were still flowers, and they could all go on.

A paranoiac, like a poet, is born, not made.

The reality of the situation is life on Earth has not changed. We need facts, we need events, we need specifics on things.

I know that you that you may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. If you accept that you have been defeated, you give power to the force that is trying to defeat you.

Any given moment contains unlimited futures that can become real. The reality that occurs is the one you pay attention to.

Toronto is a kind of New York operated by the Swiss.

Jesus modeled a purpose-driven life, and he taught others how to live it, too. That was the "work" that brought glory to God.

I feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of one’s own, with pictures and music and everything beautiful.