Before putting yourself in peril, it is necessary to foresee and fear it; but when one is there, nothing remains but to despise it.

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still importunate, when the wants of nature are supplied.

A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

The more you say, the less people remember.

The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying.

Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer.

Let gratitude for the past inspire us with trust for the future.

How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.

I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.

To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going on one's knees and thanking Him.

It is amazing to hear grown-up people rationalize homophobia and discrimination. The lengths they go to trying to prove their points take reason to its breaking point.

Gout, a physician's name for the rheumatism of a rich patient

The purpose of labor is to learn; when you know it, the labor is over.

In the name of religion, we force widowhood upon our three lakh girl-widows who could not understand the import of the marriage ceremony.

Honor puts us under an obligation as binding as necessity is for other people.

Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.

Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism.

But if used for retribution, magic is vengeance incarnate.