Few souls understand what God would effect in them if they should give themselves entirely into his hands and allow his grace to act.

Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive...that is where God is.

Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.

All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by which we can come to know him better, love him more surely, and serve him more faithfully.

For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.

He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.

He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.

It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.

Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.

To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.

Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.

Counter the effects of culture (steering your design ideas) by going out and looking for new experiences.

When you look at a tree and perceive its stillness, you become still yourself. You connect with it at a very deep level. You feel a oneness with whatever you perceive in and through stillness.

We have learned that peace and well-being are indivisible and that our peace and well-being cannot be purchased at the price of peace or the well-being of any other country.

Retirement is a work in progress. I try to figure out my day, and what I know about myself is that I need structure.

The users are not going to be in the position of accepting what's been collected; they're going to be in the position of being able to demand collection.

I try to execute pitches and get guys out.

Criticism should be a casual conversation.

Though logic-choppers rule the town, And every man and maid and boy Has marked a distant object down, An aimless joy is a pure joy.

Rich, ornate prose is hard to digest, generally unwholesome, and sometimes nauseating.

Circumstances in the world of politics contribute substantially to whether or not you can be successful.