Because God's justice is inexorable, it is hard to obtain forgiveness for sins committed with complete deliberation.

As water and fire oppose one another when combined, so are self-justification and humility opposed to one another.

It is better to pray with good will for our neighbor, rather than to denounce him for every sin.

The sign of sincere love is to forgive wrongs done to us. It was with such love that the Lord loved the world.

Do not think about or do anything without a spiritual purpose, whereby it is done for God. For If you travel without purpose, you shall labor in vain.

Every sin that is left without repentance is a sin unto death, for which if even a saint shall pray, he shall not be heard.

Whoever prays for those who hurt him lays the demons low; but he who opposes his affronter is bound to the demons.

No one is as good and merciful as the Lord. But even He does not forgive the unrepentant.

Every affliction tests our will, showing whether it is inclined to good or evil. That is why an unforeseen affliction is called a test, because it enables a man to test his hidden desires.

If someone falls into any sin and is not sincerely grieved about it, it is easy for him to fall into the same thing again.

One who has sinned cannot escape retribution in any other way than by repentance corresponding to his sin.

I would follow such beauty, said something inside Ender. I would see as those eyes see.

Man is not, by nature, deserving of all that he wants. When we think that we are automatically entitled to something, that is when we start walking all over others to get it.

Character determines fate.

I went to medical school after having decided to do so somewhere between my junior and senior year at Harvard - very late. I initially wanted to be an intellectual historian.

I can't do everything, but that won't stop me from doing the little I can do.

You cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up up them.

I am not ashamed to say that I am the son of a washerwoman.

I think every chef should have a food truck. It's a good way to test the markets, to invest in meeting the future restaurant goers.

Every single player on the pitch is now in the Birmingham box, apart from two of them.

Good ideas, like good pickles, are crisp, enduring, and devilishly hard to make.