There is a knowledge which is desirable, though nothing come of it, as being of itself a treasure, and a sufficient remuneration of years of labor.

God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.

I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.

When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.

The secret to discovery is to never believe existing facts.

Every second you spend holding someone else back is time not running the race yourself.

I'm a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else

Everything, alas, is an abyss, — actions, desires, dreams, words!

I'm a very open person. I know I open my mouth way too much, but I just do that.

From not the gravest of Divines, Accept for once some serious Lines.

Objectivity and presence of mind are essential in such positions where sacrificial temptations are not always resistable.

It seems to me that physical sickness softens, just as moral sickness hardens, the heart.

The present is burdened too much with the past. We have not time, in our earthly existence, to appreciate what is warm with life, and immediately around us.

The problem of education is twofold: first to know, and then to utter. Everyone who lives any semblance of an inner life thinks more nobly and profoundly than he speaks.