Is bread the better for kneading? so is the heart. Knead it then by spiritual exercises; or God must knead it by afflictions.

Life is the hyphen between matter and spirit.

Seeking is not always the way to find.

The feeling is often the deeper truth, the opinion the more superficial one.

The cross was two pieces of dead wood; and a helpless, unresisting Man was nailed to it; yet it was mightier than the world, and triumphed, and will ever triumph over it.

Curiosity is little more than another name for Hope.

Light, when suddenly let in, dazzles and hurts and almost blinds us: but this soon passes away, and it seems to become the only element we can exist in.

Few take advice, or physic, without wry faces at it.

A youth's love is the more passionate; virgin love is the more idolatrous.

When will talkers refrain from evil speaking: when listeners refrain from evil-hearing.

People cannot go wrong, if you don't let them. They cannot go right, unless you let them.

You cannot wear every expectation. Consider putting aside one's that don't fit.

There is no school or teacher more valuable than your own experiences.

Character is formed out of those small decisions taken for granted

When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.

Christ's mercy is the mighty healer; even to the wounded innocent.

Spend more time building your character than trying to build your platform.

The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart.

Weddings mainly are for drinkers.

The point is, you can't keep doing the same thing and expect it to keep working.

The cobs were delivered to a big pile. We were one of the first to feed corn cobs to cattle.