Crosses are of no use to us but inasmuch as we yield ourselves up to them and forget ourselves.

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.

Worldliness proposes objectives which demand no radical breach with man's fallen nature

Everyday we have a high calling that we need to fulfill and everyday we can do it whether it's just to smile at somebody we little know.

I can't believe a war against drugs when they have anti-drug commercials on TV all day long followed by This Bud is for you.

To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.

Illusion is an anodyne, bred by the gap between wish and reality.

Cool? Am I cool? I don't know, but I hope my characters are cool, in the sense of iconic. That's my job, at its very essence.

Go slow. If you have the time for eight countries, take five. If you're rushed to take five, take three.

Leisure unmasks our weaknesses.

Boxing has been in my blood since I can remember. It comes naturally to me, and I've enjoyed it ever since I started, at the age of six.

I'm pretty brand-less. If I wear a brand, then you can't tell. I'm not about the logos.