Death is not the master of the house, he is only the porter of the king's lodge.

God does not comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters.

Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic.

Let us sing even when we do not feel like it, for in this way we give wings to heavy feet and turn weariness into strength.

Preaching that costs nothing accomplishes nothing.

It is possible to evade a multitude of sorrows by the cultivation of an insignificant life.

If we do not catch men, we are in great danger of losing even the desire to catch them. Our purposed activity is in peril of becoming a dream.

...Prayer is not always petition, sometimes it is just communion. It is the exquisite ministry of friendship.

May my life be like a great hospitable tree, and may weary wanderers find in me a rest.

All vital praying makes a drain on a man's vitality. True intercession is a sacrifice, a bleeding sacrifice.

It is in the field of prayer that life's critical battles are lost or won...In prayer we bring our spiritual enemies into the Presence of God and we fight them there.

Cinna slid down the bar, sassing three groomsmen andwinking at a fourth on her way.“I totally get why some animals eat their young, ” Pepper said.

What's in a view? The world, by any other, would remain just as it is, just as wonderful :-)

Determine the result you desire..law of averages does not know the objective untill the decision is made. Once a decision is made, the law of averages goes into operation.

Nothing is better than music.... It has done more for us than we have the right to hope for.

In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.

I firmly believe that any good journalist must essentially be temperamentally an outsider. I don't think full sense of belonging and security is conducive to creativity.

Does it hurt?" The childish question had escaped Harry's lips before he could stop it. "Dying? Not at all," said Sirius. "Quicker and easier than falling asleep.

I'm not a toy boy, bellybutton band, so I don't have to worry about that. Actually, I never did.

True Democracy makes no enquiry about the color of the skin, or the place of nativity. Wherever it sees a man, it recognizes a being endowed by his Creator with original inalienable rights

Stanley Kubrick went with his gut feeling: he directed 'Dr. Strangelove' as a black comedy. The film is routinely described as a masterpiece.