Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

The minute you hear a sermon on materialism, you're glad somebody else is there to hear it.

People have told me that I'm courageous, but I have seen greater courage.

I am interested in personal stories because that's when people become expressive, spontaneous and heartfelt.

Let us fear to leave Him. Let us be always with Him. Let us live and die in His presence.

I write books for all age groups - young kids, teenagers and adults - because I get a range of different ideas.

To struggle and to understand. Never the last without the first. That is the law.

I like the Moth podcast a lot. I listen to that.

Everything is not laden with potential for drama in life.

People think that young people don't care about things, but I think they do care; they just aren't super interested in conforming to what older people think are the right way to do things.

It makes a difference who the treasury secretary is.