God strikes not as an enemy, to destroy; but as a father, to correct.

Sensual pleasures are like soap bubbles, sparkling, effervescent. The pleasures of intellect are calm, beautiful, sublime, ever enduring and climbing upward to the borders of the unseen world.

Nothing is eternal but that which is done for God and others. That which is done for self dies.

The most generous and merciful in judgment upon the faults of others are always the most free from faults themselves.

True friends are not mirrors where we can always see ourselves reflected in a positive light.

I once heard worship defined as celebrating the availability of God.

There are two things in life I never discuss, Religion and Politics. That is the only way one can have a serene life.

But wishes were empty thoughts, cast down a dark hole. They didn't come true unless you worked for them. I'd learned that about the world, if nothing more.

It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical

O help me Father in heaven to overcome and resist temptation in every form or shape.

I don't often agree with the RSPCA as I believe it is an animal's duty to be on my plate at supper time.

The Iranian regime calls for the annihilation of Israel, it oppresses its own citizens, it's part of the murder going on in Syria and it's building an atomic bomb.

We need to look at NASA, not as a handout, but as an investment.

I hoped they couldn't run very fast with those stubby little legs and flippers, but they waddled along pretty well.