All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by which we can come to know him better, love him more surely, and serve him more faithfully.

Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive...that is where God is.

Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.

For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.

He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.

He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.

It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.

Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.

To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.

Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.

If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.

When from our better selves we have too longBeen parted by the hurrying world, and droop, Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, How gracious, how benign, is Solitude

Of course, accidents will happen in wild-folk families just as among us humans, only in a wild-folk family, an accident is more apt to be fatal.

Light is colder when there are parts of it missing.

Feeling a little grumpy, Melvin decided he would no longer take a bath ever again. Therefore, with that in mind, he marched off into the woods.

A writer has to surprise himself to be worth reading.

Learning. It's really the primary reason behind everything I do. Programming, entrepreneuring, writing.

From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.

You surprise yourself on some balls off the bat. You don't think you have a chance to catch it. And then your natural ability just takes over.

When I was younger, I had big visions of changing the world.

When people say money doesn't matter, it sure as hell does when you're able to show your mother a beach house and then hand her the keys to it. That was one of the happiest moments of my life.