Everything we call a trial, a sorrow, or a duty, believe me, that angel's hand is there.

No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in today. No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present little instant.

The gloom of the world is but a shadow; behind it, yet within our reach, is joy. Take joy.

The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach is joy. There is radiance and glory in the darkness could we but see - and to see we have only to look.

No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today.

Courage you have, and the knowledge that we are all pilgrims together, wending through unknown country, home.

Life is so full of meaning and of purpose, so full of beauty - beneath its covering - that you will find that earth but cloaks your heaven. Courage, then to claim it: that is all!

I greet you. Not quite as the world sends greetings, but with profound esteem and with the prayer that for you now and forever, the day breaks, and the shadows flee away.

You can never, never, ever go wrong eating more fruit.

Thought is the thought of thought. Tranquil brightness. The soul is in a manner all that is: the soul is the form of forms. Tranquillity sudden, vast, candescent: form of forms.

George Foreman looks as if he might have organically appeared out of the very ground around the church.

As long as you're actively trying to achieve your goals your successes are rewards and your short comings are lessons learned

Rock's always been the devil's music.

I really love watching the 70s live performance TV series "The Midnight Special" and "The Old Grey Whistle Test". Those are the best performances you've ever seen, and they sound incredible.

There is a peculiar pathos in the extinction of a nation.

My life came down to being a granny and watching a lot of television.

There is always sufficient reason for despair, but there is never sufficient purpose.

I was not elected to produce a pile of vetoes.