Worry is the cross which we make for ourselves by over anxiety.

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still importunate, when the wants of nature are supplied.

A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

The more you say, the less people remember.

The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying.

Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer.

Let gratitude for the past inspire us with trust for the future.

How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.

I just tell you what happens. I don't explain it.

The answer for healthcare is market incentives, not healthcare by a Godzilla-sized government bureaucracy.

I was 30 before I made a living that was not embarrassing.

I think the Dudleys are mad at us, well, because we're beautiful!

Being fired has some of the advantages of dying without its supreme disadvantages. People say extra-nice things about you, and you get to hear them.

Just as Daniel Balalcazar said, it makes no sense to suffer in advance a misfortune that may never occur.

I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.

You cannot fail at meditation.

Something small and quiet, like a match being struck, lights up the gloom inside of me.

Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.