It is a most unhappy state to be at a distance with God: man needs no greater infelicity than to be left to himself.

Every man should study conciseness in speaking; it is a sign of ignorance not to know that long speeches, though they may please the speaker, are the torture of the hearer.

He who would be singular in his apparel had need have something superlative to balance that affectation.

Meditation is the soul's perspective glass.

Negligence is the rust of the soul that corrodes through all her best resolves.

The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two - common sense and perseverance.

Promises may get friends, but it is performance that must nurse and keep them.

It is much safer to reconcile an enemy than to conquer him; victory may deprive him of his poison, but reconciliation of his will.

To trust God when we have securities in our iron chest is easy, but not thankworthy; but to depend on him for what we cannot see, as it is more hard for man to do, so it is more acceptable to God.

There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.

Where there is plenty, charity is a duty, not a courtesy

Each day you are leading by example. Whether you realize it or not or whether it's positive or negative, you are influencing those around you.

It's a new day. Yesterday's failure is redeemed at the sunrise

Leaving the world without keeping an heirloom is a degradation of the divine purpose.

In other circumstances, Ivan might have offered him a job. Sadly, with a few notable meta exceptions, dead men didn’t code very well.

I'm Little Miss Sunshine, I sprinkle it around.

The task is not so much to solve problems as to propose questions.

The whole thing of life and all the answers to everything are in one divine law, Karma action and reaction.

The collapse of Russia was the second great event of 1917.

Every girl deserves a guy who'll prove to her that not all guys are the same, a guy who'll love her just the way she is.

If God had looked into our minds he would not have been able to see there whom we were speaking of.