Common sense meant once something very different from that plain wisdom, the common heritage of men, which we now call by this name.

For we must share, if we would keep, that blessing from above; ceasing to give, we cease to have; such is the law of love.

Nothing is true but Love, nor aught of worth; Love is the incense which doth sweeten earth.

Prayer is not getting man's will done in heaven, but getting God's will done on earth. It is not overcoming God's reluctance but laying hold of God's willingness.

None but God can satisfy the longings of an immortal soul; that as the heart was made for Him, so He only can fill it.

We live not in our moments or our years: The present we fling from us like the rind Of some sweet future, which we after find Bitter to taste.

The sin of pride is the sin of sins; in which all subsequent sins are included, as in their germ; they are but the unfolding of this one.

Sin may be clasped so close, we cannot see its face.

Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason.

Language is the amber in which a thousand precious and subtle thoughts have been safely embedded and preserved.

The present is only intelligible in the light of the past.

Let the power of your love change the world, but never let the problems of this world change the beauty of your love.

You must know your part in the body of Christ and play it

I'm having the time of my life and I'm glad people are enjoy it.

Democracy cannot be static. Whatever is static is dead.

I liked roaming around by myself.

The United States needs to be made more appealing to legal immigrants.

Worthy of honor is he who does no injustice, and more than twofold honor, if he not only does no injustice himself, but hinders others from doing any.

You cannot be effective if those who work for you are not. So building their effectiveness ought to be a priority.

Ideals are like the stars - you can't touch them with your hands, but by following them you reach your destination.