Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

The only way that we can protect each other is if we are together. If we face things together. If we trust each other.

God’s love is unchangeable

It's not that people don't know when they'll die. It's that they don't seem to know they'll die.

The greatest truths are the simplest and so are the greatest men.

I love planting. I love digging holes, putting plants in, tapping them in. And I love weeding, but I don't like tidying up the garden afterwards.

I don't think there is a distinct change, because in the West I'm not a person who can serve his purpose.

Frankly, too many women treat their husbands as accessories instead of priorities.

I never had a driving ambition to be a star.

USA has gone from Barney Fife to Barney Frank.

Faith is the vital artery of the soul. When we begin to believe, we begin to love. Faith grafts the soul into Christ, as the scion into the stock, and fetches all its nutriment from the blessed Vine.