Fine manners are like personal beauty,--a letter of credit everywhere.

Temperance to be a virtue must be free, and not forced.

Beauty is no local deity, like the Greek and Roman gods, but omnipresent.

Every pure thought is a glimpse of God.

Gentleness and kindness will make our homes a paradise upon earth.

Hope is the parent of faith.

Patience is nobler motion than any deed.

Paradoxical as it may seem, God means not only to make us good, but to make us also happy, by sickness, disaster and disappointment.

Self-condemnation is God's absolution; and pleading guilty, acquittal at his bar.

Religion is indeed woman's panoply; no one who wishes her happiness would divest her of it; no one who appreciates her virtues would weaken her best security.

Nothing is an absolute reality, all is permitted.

About the time I told God that He didn't exist, I was desperate for an identity.

I Am One, Let Me Become Many. .. PSJ

We need a politician who hates politics.

O God that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! that we should with joy pleas-ance revel and applause transform ourselves into beasts!

I wanted to sing when I was little. That's what I liked doing. It didn't occur to me that you became famous or anything like that.

We live in a society bloated with data yet starved for wisdom. We're connected 24/7, yet anxiety, fear, depression and loneliness is at an all-time high. We must course-correct.

He who says he never needs help, most does.

There are certain songs that if people come up to me and tell me how much that song meant to them, I think, You should have better taste, then, because I don't really like that song.

The end excuses any evil.

I have a hard time waiting for things to happen.