God has given you your child, that the sight of him, from time to time, might remind you of His goodness, and induce you to praise Him with filial reverence.

It is self-love and its offspring self-deception, which shut the gates of heaven, and lead men, as if in a delicious dream, to hell.

My God, help me always resolutely to strive, and, through life and death, to force my way unto Thee.

O, my God! withhold from me the wealth to which tears and sighs and curses cleave. Better none at all than wealth like that.

My God, give me neither poverty nor riches; but whatsoever it may be Thy will to give, give me with it a heart which knows humbly to acquiesce in what is Thy will.

Never have I greater reason for suspicion that when I am particularly pleased with myself, my faith, my progress, and my alms.

The greatest art in life is to believe in Christ. That art is learned only in the Holy Spirit's school.

The whole of Christianity is comprised in three things--to believe, to love, and to obey Jesus. These are things, however, which we must be learning all our life.

The heart of the Pharisee is within us all, to redefine God's law so it doesn't apply to me anymore. It applies to my neighbor but not to me.

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Real, but sometimes beautiful.

I'm feeling grand. I'm on a rollercoaster only going up.

In the present, every day is a miracle.

We haven't had a recession for 25 years in Australia. It's partly because of our trade with China.

My parents were political, so it's definitely in my bones. Wherever I am, I always seem to get involved with politics. I think, once it's in your bloodstream, it's always there. I love it.

Art is the means we have of undoing the damage of haste. It's what everything else isn't.

We're in an emergency situation. The United States has become an absolutely terrifying country, and I would hope that I could participate in some way in stopping the horror and the brutality.