Learning passes for wisdom among those who want both.

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.

When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't, they don't.

Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.

The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.

The greatest medicine is a true friend.

It is sometimes said that conduct is supremely important and worship helps it. The truth is that worship is supremely important and conduct tests it

True worship is when a person, through their person, attains intimacy and friendship with God.

If your prayer is selfish, the answer will be something that will rebuke your selfishness. You may not recognize it as having come at all, but it is sure to be there.

Why so many eager to hear the word of “I love you” and so few care to see?

All adventure is now reactionary.

There's no such thing as a good or bad culture, it's either a strong or weak culture. And a good culture for somebody else may not be a good culture for you.

This is what has to be remembered about the law: Beneath that cold, harsh, impersonal exterior there beats a cold, harsh, impersonal heart.

My whole life, people have been saying, "Why are you so angry?"

I had [at school] my own little posse of people that all felt weird together so it wasn't so lonely.

Being a child of God means confidence, but it never means complacency.

s past history and stand alone.

I have faith, I believe in God and I've gotten through all the problems I had because of those three things: my faith, my hope and my belief in an eternal God.

My mom and my sisters were amazing; they always see the good in people. My mom, she doesn't know how to write and read much, but she's one of the most fantastic women I've met in my life.