If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

If my life is fruitless, it doesn't matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn't matter who criticizes me.

You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

The difference between true and false repentance lies in this: the man who truly repents cries out against his heart; but the other, as Eve, against the serpent, or something else.

What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.

No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.

If people really see that Christ has removed the fear of punishment from them by taking it into Himself, they won't do whatever they want, they'll do whatever He wants.

The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.

Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

To be rich, focus on your wealth.

How does something so invisible make one so invincible?

One popular saying was, "The boy who goes into medicine is too lazy for farm or shop, too stupid for the Bar, and too immoral for the pulpit.

It is difficult to steer a parked car, so get moving.

I wanted to believe anything so that I wouldn’t have to face the future alone. The problem with wanting is that it makes us weak.

When wrong people leave your life, wrong things stop happening

Forgiveness is one of the many horrible side effects of loving someone.

The same energy not allowed to move becomes stagnant, stale, creates sadness

Religious faith not only lacks evidence, its independence from evidence is its pride and joy, shouted from the rooftops.

The most important thing is to have the conversation, and let people who do make mistakes feel comfortable enough to continue the conversation.