If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.

The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.

If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance.

All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.

A book has but one voice, but it does not instruct everyone alike.

Learned arguments do not make a man holy and righteous, whereas a good life makes him dear to God.

Jesus has now many lovers of the heavenly kingdom but few bearers of His cross.

Those who attempt to search into the majesty of God will be overwhelmed with His Glory!

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

The highest does not stand without the lowest.

There is no scientific answer for success. You can't define it. You've simply got to live it and do it.

The healthiest response to life is joy.

People are so tired. The world is set up to exhaust you and drain you. That's how humankind has devised their world. Life is not necessarily that way

That which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves.

All genuinely noble women prefer truth to falsehood. As the Russians with their Czar, they are unwilling to see their idol degraded; they want to be proud of the domination they accept.

Tarkovsky for me is the greatest [director], the one who invented a new language, true to the nature of film, as it captures life as a reflection, life as a dream.

I loved you when you were unfaithful; what would I have done if you were true?

Fasting keeps you sensitive to His (God) Spirit, enabling you to live holy.

I hope that this year, you make mistakes. If you do, then it means you have tried, learned, lived, pushed yourself, changed you and your world, and most importantly, you've done something.

Color prejudice and religion are akin in one respect. Some folks have it and some don't, and the kernel that is responsible for it is present in us all.