Love is like fire, a dangerous thing to play with, although the best of friends and the most loyal of servants when rightly handled.

In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding.

Spring is beautiful, and summer is perfect for vacations, but autumn brings a longing to get away from the unreal things of life, out into the forest at night with a campfire and the rustling leaves.

Our daughters are the most precious of our treasures, the dearest possessions of our homes and the objects of our most watchful love.

No one should teach who is not in love with teaching.

The people who dream are very often the people who see, and dreaming and seeing precede doing.

Never yet was a springtime, when the buds forgot to bloom.

Kindness is the truest wisdom of life and we cannot go far without it.

I thank you, God, in Heaven, for friends.

At Christmas-tide the open hand Scatters its bounty o'er sea and land, And none are left to grieve alone, For Love is heaven and claims its own.

... Love is heaven and claims its own.

As Christians, we are not to beg for signs and wonders but, to command them all the time and not some of the time.

It matters not what you fight but what you fight for.

Waiting means going about our assigned tasks, confident that God will provide the meaning and the conclusions.

The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular.

A pure heart and mind only takes you so far - sooner or later the hormones have their say, too.

Talk less-you will automatically learn more, hear more, see more-and make fewer blunders.

Lord, bend me, or I shall rot. Lord do not bend me too much, for I shall break. Lord bend me too much, who cares if I break!

He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing!

Even if you have constrained resources, don't cut corners. People will feel it.

I can still put down some pretty nasty stuff on paper, which is what I enjoy doing.