Faith ventures and hazards . . . counting the costs and delighting in the sacrifice.

God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.

I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.

When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.

The old saying that, "you are what you eat" extends beyond the body, and includes experiences.

That's already been tried before only means the first attempt got it wrong.

On Mother's Day: It's just a rip-off, to tell the truth, a chance to sell my perfume and other things that ladies like.

One of the problems with dealing with anarchism is that there are many people whose ideas are anarchist, but who do not necessarily call themselves anarchists.

I don't like your tone," was Violet's standard answer when one of her children was winning an argument.

The resurrection never becomes a fact of experience until the risen Lord lives in the heart of the believer.

Life is short and often stingy; feast the heart with what it craves, short of cruelty, and let the world wonder.

I watched a lot of movies. I was deeply influenced by movies.

I would rather work less and do the things that I really want to do.

Any leader who doesn't support the heart of evolving humanity is not a leader worthy of being followed.