However logical our induction, the end of the thread is fastened upon the assurance of faith.

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

Do not judge from mere appearances.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.

Life doesn't happen to you, it happens FROM you.

I guess we all have some of these - memories like artillery shells, fired at close range.

Small towns may revile you, but they have to keep you-they can't turn you away.

Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.

It's hard to be a breakout show and stay on top. We're like the flagship show over here.

Only gratefulness, in the form of limitless openness for surprise, lays hold of the fullness of life in hope.

practically nothing we do ever stands by itself. If it is good, it will serve some good purpose in the future. If it is evil, it may haunt us and handicap our efforts in unimagined ways.

I don't see the world as something divided between right and left.

I have seen gleams in the face and eyes of the man that have let you look into a higher country.

Let your heart guide you...it whispers so listen closely.