Keep good men company and you shall be of their number.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

What mattered to her was that she loved God, whether or not He granted her the consolation and joy of His felt presence.

The ability to continue moving when you are feeling scared, fearful or lazy is the sign of true mental strength.

The finding of God is the coming to one's own self.

I understand that we cannot make other people happy when they are unhappy.

Those watercolourists who work from light to dark know that the darks do the damage.

I'm never angry at anybody! No human being can do anything important enough for that. You get angry at people when you feel that their acts are important. I don't feel that way any longer.

If there’s a magic pony in the story, chances are I’ll read it.

The people who came to New England, came for freedom of religion. The problem is, freedom of religion to them meant freedom for only their religion

There is a point. I don't know what it is, but everything I've had, and everything I've lost, and everything I felt—it meant something.

America is a great country. I've been in the south, in the center and in the north. I like it. Americans are very good people. There's just too much air-conditioning.