Books are the windows of the truth, but they are not the door; they point out things and yet they do not impart them. It is within that we should write, think, and speak, not merely on paper.

I have desired to do good, but I have not desired to make noise, because I have felt that noise did no good and that good made no noise.

As a proof that we are regenerated, we must regenerate everything around us.

All mystics speak the same language, for they come from the same country.

God is a fixed paradise; man should be a paradise in motion.

When Socrates said he knew nothing he still thought he knew more than anyone else.

Our inner wisdom is persistent, but quiet. It will always whisper, but it will never stop knocking at your door.

I am grateful for the grace to see, to hear, to talk, to feel, to smell, to taste and to walk.

Happiness comes through taming the mind; without taming the mind there is no way to be happy

I have a dream of what would have happened if what happened instead hadn't.

My father had always said there are four things a child needs: plenty of love, nourishing food, regular sleep, and lots of soap and water. After that, what he needs most is some intelligent neglect.

A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.

To be born again means that we must be changed from a negative to a positive self-image - from inferiority to self-esteem, from fear to love, from doubt to trust.

Christianity is within a man, even as he is gifted with reason; it is associated with your mother's chair, and with the first remembered, tones of her blessed voice.

A Christian's wit is offensive light, A beam that aids, but never grieves the sight; Vig'rous in age as in the flush of youth, 'Tis always active on the side of truth.