Benevolence, like religion, awes even those it cannot win.

Hope is slowly extinguished and quickly revived.

Avarice is rarely the vice of youth.

Can mortal prayers ensure immortal happiness?

How we are born to invent our own miseries!

Let us respect even error when it has its source in virtue.

How easy it is to be unknown!

Society, that first of blessings, brings with it evils death only can cure.

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Annabelle, I'm going to kill you!" I cried, frowning at the mess. Then I glanced down the stairway and gasped.It looked like someone had beaten me to it.

Spending too much time in one's individual silo can produce pride, isolation, and a stagnated ministry.

I have a theory that Southern madhouses are full of gifted women who were stifled.

I am very grateful to make my living doing what I would do for free.

One of my foolish qualities is to jump boldly, and then think about it later.

I recognize that not all of us may have the same abilities and talents in sharing the gospel. But I want to keep the heat on all of us for getting the good news out there.

I keep my heart and my soul and my spirit open to miracles.

A divine person is the prophecy of the mind; a friend is the hope of the heart.

Living out here, I have found that many creatures would prefer not to fight. But if your first instinct is to reach for your sword, you will never discover that.