Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues.

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

Pray the largest prayers. You cannot think a prayer so large that God, in answering it, will not wish you had made it larger. Pray not for crutches but for wings.

O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by.

I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.

Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.

O, do not pray for easy lives.

When Dax turned to her, those blue eyes that reminded her of the Aegean Sea pinning her, all thought process left her mind.

An entrepreneur is someone who empowers & pushes people to attain their highest capabilities.

[G]et two-thirds of the states to alter the Constitution; come out with their national religion, and then let the people get their throats ready.

No circumstance, person, or difficulty can stop the plans and the promises of God.

Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was between God and despair.

I feel like sometimes people on television shows can start taking things for granted, or they don't want to be here or something like that.

When you think about the complexity of our natural world - plants using quantum mechanics for photosynthesis, for example - a smartphone begins to look like a pretty dumb object.

Harry," she said quietly, "I know you must be angry." I burn things to ash and smash holes in buildings when I'm angry," I said. "I'm a couple of steps past that point right now.

What makes a regiment of soldiers a more noble object of view than the same mass of mob? Their arms, their dresses, their banners, and the art and artificial symmetry of their position and movements.

I don't like speaking on things that I don't care about and that I'm not personally invested in.