Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Know or listen to those who know.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

Our reality defines itself by people who strive for change

We are not free to pick and choose the parts of the Bible we want to believe or obey. God has given us all of it, and we should be obedient to all of it.

I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.

That's a question mark everyone's asking

Belfast during the Troubles looked like a different world.

Fear clogs; Faith liberates.

There is no greater mistake in the world than the looking upon every sort of nonsense as want of sense.

I have always had this outrage at being told what to, how to act, whom to love.

The new earth will complete God's program. It will be what God intended for Adam and Eve in Eden.

I believe if I refuse to grow old, I can stay young 'til I die.