It is the nature of intellect to strive to improve in intellectual power.

Too many people embrace religion from the same motives that they take a companion in wedlock, not from true love of the person, but because of a large dowry.

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.

There is no immunity from the consequences of sin; punishment is swift and sure to one and all.

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

We must not only read the Scriptures, but we must make their rules of life our own.

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.

Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.

In truth, I doubt I'd notice if a herd of giant Irish elk stomped through the entire chamber when I'm in the act of lovin' you, Lainna!

Life is a joyful journey.

He was one of the fortunate few for whom there simply was no discernible line between work and play, between creation and recreation.

Romance lives by repetition, and repetition converts an appetite into an art.

Life provides many lessons, so pay attention, everything you learn is valuable.

There are no magic wands, no hidden tracks, and no secret handshakes that can bring you immediate success, but with time, energy and determination you can get there.

There's a lot you can't tell about people, looking in from the outside" -Hanna

One of my interests in music has always been what it means, why it affects us the way it does.

The Church does not pretend to be scientists. It teaches based upon what science tells it.