Many would be willing to have afflictions provided that they not be inconvenienced by them.

What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.

Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.

Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.

Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

It is so unkind--' 'Perhaps. But sometimes a compulsion comes over one to speak the truth!

To change, you need to accept your past and deny to be challenged and overcome by your future.

Reality is a fragile thing.

For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation; it is a specific form of interaction.

No romantic novel ever written in America, by man or woman, is one half so beautiful as My Ántonia.

I work 6:00 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week.

One of the biggest things you have is your reputation and your reputation with knowing what's good and what's not good.

A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism.

Measurement is fabulous. Unless you're busy measuring what's easy to measure as opposed to what's important

I judge nothing; I just don't do that. Life is too complicated.