Faith comes not through pondering but through action.

We notice the person who is for ever bowing and fussily servile, and perhaps say, How humble he is! But the truly humble person escapes notice: the world does not know him.

It is precisely our egoism, our self-centeredness and self-love that cause all our difficulties, our lack of freedom in suffering, our disappointments and our anguish of soul and body.

However weighed down and entangled in earthly fetters you may be, it can never be too late.

It begins here, and has no end, and no earthly power can coerce it; and it is to be found in the human heart.

You must learn to follow privately the Lord's bidding: not to speak empty words, not to adorn yourself, always to obey authority, not to look at a woman with desire, not to be angry and much else.

It is for us to begin. If we take one step towards the Lord, he takes ten towards us -- he who saw the prodigal son while he was at a distance, and had compassion and ran and embraced him.

Remember: there is no place, no community, no external circumstance that is not serviceable for the battle you have chosen. The exception is only such work as directly serves your vices.

This obstinate will to personal happiness is the cause of unrest and division in your soul. Give it up and work against it: the rest will be given you without effort.

Instinct seeks satisfaction. Love is free of all demands.

Say nothing of the new life you have begun or of the experiment you are making and experiences you expect to have. All this is a matter between God and you, and only between you two.

Making a name for yourself comes from cultivating endurance and patience that even angels will love to have

It is a great thing to be young and to live without pain. And yet it is a blessing few of us count until we lose it.

I stumbled up the hill back toward the Hab. As I crested the rise, I saw something that made me very happy and something that made me very sad: The Hab was intact (yay!) and the MAV was gone (boo!).

i really like reading books

Good writers are in the business of leaving signposts saying, Tour my world, see and feel it through my eyes; I am your guide.

I realised that I had a choice to either feel angry about not having arms and legs, or thankful for having my family, friends and my little foot.

Why comes temptation but for man to meet And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph?

The good news is that it doesn't cost much money to change your thinking. In fact, it can be done for free.

Someday is someday, and maybe it will be or maybe it won't. This is a human thing, to worry about things that may or may not come to be. You can't eat meat until you've killed it.

People don't paint for the hell of it. It's a deeply seated thing - a preoccupation - the whole of one's life.