I have never yet found that the advice of a Sister could prevent a young Man's being in love if he chose it.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Only from the soul can you see the magic.

It is better to believe than doubt.

He was everyone and every living creature in one ecstatic motion.

An Englishman thinks seated a Frenchman standing an American pacing an Irishman afterward.

We're seeing a decline in religion in North America but, I hope, a rise in individual spirituality. Whatever that means to people.

Spiritual love is without limits or boundaries. Worldly love is superficial and fluctuating.

If you get frustrated and unhappy with yourself, then there is going to be a problem. You have to laugh at yourself and laugh at your mechanism that is out of gear.

Toronto is a kind of New York operated by the Swiss.

The two terrors that discourage creativity and creative living are fear of public opinion and undue reverence for one's own consistency.

The essence of Christian obedience is not do’s and don’ts but personal allegiance to Jesus.