If our love were but more simple, We should take Him at His word; And our lives would be all sunshine In the sweetness of the Lord.

Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning; and these three last have never converted any.

The great fact is, that life is a service. The only question is, "Whom will we serve?

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.

There is a grace of kind listening, as well as a grace of kind speaking.

There are no disappointments to those whose wills are buried in the will of God.

Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing for us to long for is the goodness, not the glory.

Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel's song which had lost its way and come to earth.

Many a friendship - long, loyal, and self-sacrificing - rested at first upon no thicker a foundation than a kind word.

Deep theology is the best fuel of devotion; it readily catches fire, and once kindled it burns long.

Holiness is an unselfing of ourselves.

We need hope, or else we cannot endure.

How you feel after reading something indicates not what you’ve read but where you are at.

If a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps. If he says perhaps he means no. And if he says no, he's the hell of a diplomat.

Don't liberal Democrats ever learn economic principles, or does their class warfare trump all else?

I like to sing and it's just really fun to sing, and I don't get too much. And at my house I'm not allowed to because, you know, your children can't stand it when you sing at home.

Obviously I still gig on my own, but I've always heard my music with a band.

I find it next to impossible to remain politely silent when people prate to me about the glory of being given another chance to live happily ever after!

If you started a business when Christ was born and lost $1 million a day, it would still take another 700 years before you lost $1 trillion.

After reading Eminem's autobiography, which I did because I'm so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even though he seems angry and mad, he's had to fight so many demons in his life.

I'm lost. I'm going to find myself. If I return before I get back, please ask me to wait.