For a small reward, a man will hurry away on a long journey; while for eternal life, many will hardly take a single step.

Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!

If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself in the distorted mirror of your own self-importance.

To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

Love feels no burden, regards not labors, strives toward more than it attains, argues not of impossibility, since it believes that it may and can do all things.

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Don't think so much about who is for or against you, rather give all your care, that God be with you in everything you do.

Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.

Focus on peace not on war.Love, live, share and care.

Being the first to do anything takes guts.

In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be found at least equal to its resources.

News is that which comes from the North, East, West and South, and if it comes from only one point on the compass, then it is a class; publication and not news.

I feel that music is more flexible than language and your song, or "piece" is only as flexible as your least flexible component.

A moment will pass, but a movement will last.

That's one of the peculiar things about bad moods - we often fool ourselves and create misery by telling ourselves things that simply are not true.

I think we're dealing with a realm of human experience that doesn't get all that much attention on television.

I've been thrown out of schools and fired from jobs. I don't want to work. I can honestly say I haven't done an honest day's work in my life.

...there are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should follow their lead and let philosophy alone.