...A man is not required to run faster than he is able but it is a requirement to run.

A good marriage does not require a perfect man or a perfect woman. It only requires a man and a woman committed to strive together toward perfection.

You can never get enough of what you don't need, because what you don't need won't satisfy you.

Adversities are temporary. What is permanent is what we become by the way we react to them.

We should seek after spiritual gifts. They can lead us to God. They can shield us from the power of the adversary. They can compensate for our inadequacies and repair our imperfections.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is the brightest light and the only hope for this darkened world.

Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions.

Love is the most powerful force in the world.

Following Christ is not a casual or occasional practice but a continuous commitment and way of life that applies at all times and in all places.

Man's laws cannot make moral what God has declared immoral

The word sharing affirms that we have something extraordinarily valuable and desire to give it to others for their benefit and blessing.

Smells, I think, may be the last thing on earth to die.

People do change. And no matter how close we once were, and how much we opened up to each other, maybe neither if us know anything substantial about the other.

Said Buddha to the hot dog vendor, "make me one with everything.

Self-love and the love of the world constitute hell.

Because for most of us, suicide is a moment we'll never choose. It's only for people like Lexy, who know they might choose eventually, who believe they have a choice to make.

I don't like to look at myself in the mirror, which is why my eye makeup is always crooked.

The poet who does not revere his art, and believe in its sovereignty, is not born to wear the purple.

I consist of a little body and a soul.

Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.

When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.