He that gives all, though but little, gives much; because God looks not to the quantity of the gift, but to the quality of the givers.

The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.

Reason can discover things only near,--sees nothing that's above her.

Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself.

If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body; praying exercises the soul; fasting cleanses both.

Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

O lust, thou infernal fire, whose fuel is gluttony; whose flame is pride, whose sparkles are wanton words; whose smoke is infamy; whose ashes are uncleanness; whose end is hell.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.

Mercy turns her back to the unmerciful.

You are not weak. People like us, we're brave. We're the ones who get up and face our worst fears every day. We keep fighting.

Every day you need to do something about your purpose of life

Think before you speak. Question before you judge. Examine before you decide.

I watch news from the minute I wake up till 11. Then I switch to Charlie Rose. Fox News all the way.

You can make children believe whatever you want, and the children of today are the soldiers and mothers of tomorrow.

The elements of justice are identical with those of algebra.

When people don’t pay the true cost of something, they tend to consume it inefficiently.

There is so much division in this world. So what is really the path of healing? It can begin in this moment, by embracing the life that's here.

One of the things I loved about the musical was that you listened to the soundtrack and it told you the story.