As many as are the difficulties which Virtue has to encounter in this world, her force is yet superior.

True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.

To love the public, to study universal good, and to promote the interest of the whole world, as far as lies within our power, is the height of goodness, and makes that temper which we call divine.

It is the hardest thing in the world to be a good thinker without being a good self examiner.

The greatest of fools is he who imposes on himself, and in his greatest concern thinks certainly he knows that which he has least studied, and of which he is most profoundly ignorant.

Men of sense are really all of one religion. But men of sense never tell what it is.

Nothing is more ridiculous than ridicule.

I would be virtuous for my own sake, though nobody were to know it; as I would be clean for my own sake, though nobody were to see me.

Remember that there is nothing in God but what is godlike; and that He is either not at all, or truly and perfectly good.

Gravity is of the very essence of imposture; it does not only mistake other things, but is apt perpetually almost to mistake itself.

It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor.

When in prayer, there is no need to implore, beg or repeat. You have been heard, and your wishes will be granted perfectly at the right time. Relax, be patient and do not fret.

Honor, " she said, "is the coin that stays in your pocket when all your silver has been spent.

This is the gift and the sorrow of the Athanate

What greater bliss than to look back on days spent in usefulness, in doing good to those around us.

There is much, of course, in the exclusive claims of Christianity which make it hostile to other faiths.

You can have all the agents and publicists in the world but no one's ever going to give you 110 per cent like someone who loves you.

I'm really open to doing music. We just have to figure out what kind of music it's going to be - something where I don't feel compromised.

They want you to believe the Sun is hot. I urge you to ask yourself 'Have they ever touched it? Think about it.

I'd say you have to be really committed to the field, show up for every audition and to be aware that very few make it in this field.