I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.

God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.

When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.

Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.

An artist can respect the backfield of fact before which every human being stands and choose not to address those facts.

Education, I fear, is learning to see one thing by going blind to another.

It was mind-blowing. It was a small place with 2,000 standing-up tickets. It's great to have your band back and working and playing again, people have been so generous.

You can do anything you want to do, if you know what to do.

I read a lot when I'm away. I love courtroom dramas and I'm always looking for new authors.

I started doing drama after school, and it just developed into something that I did and I enjoyed very much.

The way you wear your hat, The way you sip your tea, The mem'ry of all that -- No, no! They can't take that away from me!

If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it.

What will not luxury taste? Earth, sea, and air, Are daily ransack'd for the bill of fare. Blood stuffed in skins is British Christians' food, And France robs marshes of the croaking brood.

In Charleston, more than elsewhere, you get the feeling that the twentieth century is a vast, unconscionable mistake.