Is it not a great temptation to be so valiant in imagination and so cowardly in execution?

What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.

Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.

Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.

Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

Imagination pointed toward truth but could not disclose it directly.

As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.

Truth is stranger than fiction fiction has to make sense.

Audiophiles don't use their equipment to listen to your music. Audiophiles use your music to listen to their equipment.

I would not say that I was, these days, a 'student' of philosophy, although in my youth I was quite deeply involved with certain aspects of the British pragmatists.

I've often heard academics disparage non-academic writing in terms that suggest it could be a negative in the tenure process, irrespective of the quality of academic work under review.

Thought, not money, is the real business capital.

Yet, in the maddening maze of things, And tossed by storm and flood, To one fixed trust my spirit clings; I know that God is good!

People want to believe you are sincerely interested in them as a person, not just what they can do for you.

The science is crystal clear: we humans are the primary cause of global warming, and we face a bleak future if we fail to act quickly.