He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

If you are under the dominion of sin, you are yet an utter stranger to the salvation of God.

And, again, I'm the first one to say that I'm not going be successful at everything.

I don't know what it is I'm doing. But it's not that. Despite all evidence to the contrary.

I would love to try my hand at directing and even producing in some kind of way. Something about that intrigues me, but for directing I could completely see myself trying.

I don't know too many people because I stay at my house, I write songs, I go to the store.

For me popular violence is as much an obstruction in our path as the Government violence.

A friend who won't respond to what a friend can't ask is like a looking glass in which you cannot see yourself.

Writing is not a serious business. It’s a joy and a celebration. You should be having fun with it.

Set not your heart upon the world, since God hath not made it your portion.

Today you will choose your factions. Until this point you have followed your parents’ paths, your parents’ rules. Today you will find your own path, make your own rules.