There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain.

For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.

The eyes of a man in the jaundice make yellow observations on everything; and the soul tinctured with any passion diffuses a false color over the appearance of things.

Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small: Love so amazing, so divine Demands my soul, my life, my all.

Poesy and oratory omit things not essential, and insert little beautiful digressions, in order to place everything in the most effective light.

Every one of his opinions appears to himself to be written with sunbeams.

Speak softly. It is far better to rule by love than fear.Speak softly. Let no harsh words mar the good we may do here.

If I could reach from pole to pole or grasp the ocean with a span, I would be measured by the soul The mind's the standard of the Man.

When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride.

Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.

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

We need to be the church that serves and loves people now, today, exactly where they are. Until then, we are simply managing decline.

I learned to write by reading the kind of books I wished I'd written.

Each memory was now the shadow of a shadow of a shadow. The only thing that remained tangible to him was the sense of absence.

It's not our mistakes that define us. It's the lessons we learn that show our true character.

Let your confidence reflect your contentedness.

A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do.

Cynicism is only intellectual sloth.

Responsibility means being able to respond to whatever situation you may face in your life.

Betty took him for a walk in the zoo and he was amused by her evident belief in the curative power of animals. She seemed to think that it must steady him to look at a buffalo.

I always compare human beings to animals. It's a nice way to figure out who they are.