Affliction is the school in which great virtues are acquired, in which great characters are formed.

The sober comfort, all the peace which springs from the large aggregate of little things.

Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul.

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

A crown! what is it? It is to bear the miseries of a people! To hear their murmurs, feel their discontents, And sink beneath a load of splendid care!

Absence in love is like water upon fire; a little quickens, but much extinguishes it.

No man ever repented of being a Christian on his death bed.

The misfortune is, that religious learning is too often rather considered as an act of the memory than of the heart and affections; as a dry duty, rather than a lively pleasure.

We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over the ordinary ones that lie directly in the road before us.

There are only two bad things in this world, sin and bile.

The world does not require so much to be informed as to be reminded.

Truth may start out timid, but it finishes bold.

Inspire greatness in others and it will be easier to inspire greatness in yourself.

If you could do anything right now, at this moment, what would you do?”The question was obviously loaded, but the answer was surprisingly simple, “I’d be with you.

If you want a forgotten corner to be remembered, a featureless place to be loved, a shadowy emptiness to shine, put some flowers there!

People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend.

I spend around two and half hours on the track every day running and another 2 hours in the weight room lifting weights with my strength coach.

No two books come out the same way. Some I write by the seat of my pants; others are planned in minute detail.

I find that moving keeps me optimistic, the idea of what's going to be down the road a bit or around the next bend.

Look at how beautiful life is, and just keep looking until you see it. You don't see what is in front of you because you're so distracted by your thoughts.

Travel opens your mind as few other things do.