I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.

What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.

Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.

Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

Be who you are and be that well.

Why, then, should we ever sink overwhelmed with distress, when life is so soon over, and death is so certain an entrance to happiness – to glory?

Some people had attack dogs. Ghastek had attack lawyers.

Every reader his or her book.Every book its reader.

I'm not worried any more about changing people's view of me.

The [Communist] Party has one objective: the creation of a socialist economy; and one means: the utilization of the class struggle.

All the clothes in my closet are Oakland, California, clothes. You can't wear those anywhere else. The barometric pressure drops and then where are you?

If you hit a midget on the head with a stick, he turns into 40 gold coins.

You really can change. Your reality is based on the way you think.

Self-restraint is feeling your oats without sowing them.

Not everybody is absolutely stupid. Why on earth would I be racist, what would I be trying to achieve?