My God, give me neither poverty nor riches; but whatsoever it may be Thy will to give, give me with it a heart which knows humbly to acquiesce in what is Thy will.

God has given you your child, that the sight of him, from time to time, might remind you of His goodness, and induce you to praise Him with filial reverence.

It is self-love and its offspring self-deception, which shut the gates of heaven, and lead men, as if in a delicious dream, to hell.

My God, help me always resolutely to strive, and, through life and death, to force my way unto Thee.

O, my God! withhold from me the wealth to which tears and sighs and curses cleave. Better none at all than wealth like that.

Never have I greater reason for suspicion that when I am particularly pleased with myself, my faith, my progress, and my alms.

The greatest art in life is to believe in Christ. That art is learned only in the Holy Spirit's school.

The whole of Christianity is comprised in three things--to believe, to love, and to obey Jesus. These are things, however, which we must be learning all our life.

You carry greatness disguised in tiny potentials.

And please punish Jenny. You could strike her dead. Amen.” Jenny blinked. “I’m no expert on this, but… are you supposed to pray for someone to be struck dead?

The Universal Consciousness's feeling is unqualified love for all of its creatures, no matter how foolish and desperate they act.

I guess I'm half traditionalist, half modern girl and I just never... I love the digital world and I love electronica and after I shoot everything is digital, but I just... I don't know.

Barbara Jordan is one [of the political heroes]. Her 1976 speech in New York inspired me to get into politics.

A genius is a man who does unique things of which nobody would expect him to be capable.

Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils, but present evils triumph over it.

I'm not loved by Hillary Clinton... and I don't love her either.

Self-government requires qualities of self-denial and restraint.

I didn't know what I knew. I wasn't aware of what I knew.