All things are ordered by God, but His providence takes in our free agency, as well as His own sovereignty.

Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.

Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning.

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.

We never reach our ideals, whether of mental or moral improvement, but the thought of them shows us our deficiencies, and spurs us on to higher and better things.

If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others.

Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny.

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures. — The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.

True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit; it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us.

Your spiritual and physical growth depends mainly on your time management and personal relationship with God

When your heart is open, your eyes see the beauty that is all around you.

If you like a person at their worst, you will love them at their best.

When you see something wrong and fail to do anything about it, even in the smallest effort, you accept the wrong.

Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms.

I'm an average guy. I wasn't the dude who was gonna sit at the stage and dump all my paycheck into the girl.

I encourage teachers to speak in their own voices. Don't use the gibberish of the standards writers.

If you really want to hurt your parents and you don't have nerve enough to be homosexual, the least you can do is go into the arts.

To think Being itself explicitly requires disregarding Being to the extent that it is only grounded and interpreted in terms of beings and for beings as their ground, as in all metaphysics.

The edge is a great place to be. Inside the box is too dark. Outside the box, there's no leverage. But on the edge of the box, you can get things done!