My brothers and sisters, may the spirit of love which comes at Christmastime fill our homes and our lives and linger there long after the tree is down and the lights are put away for another year.

The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.

If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues.

Men take care not to make women weep, for God counts their tears.

I acknowledge that I do not understand the processes of creation, but I accept the fact of it.

There is no more beautiful sight in all this world than to see a family praying together. There is real meaning behind the oft-quoted ‘The family that prays together stays together.

When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes.

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

Wonderful, glorious things are in store for you if you will only believe, obey, and endure.

If you want to give light to others you have to glow yourself.

There are feet to steady, hands to grasp, minds to encourage, hearts to inspire, and souls to save

Hasn't anyone taken their time to love you in a while?

You can say the same thing nicely.

Not merely what we do, but what we try to do and why, are the true interpreters of what we are.

Love is Stronger. Love and hope are conjoined, if you separate one, you kill the other. If hope survives then love endures. Where even a sliver of love exists, the thinnest of hopes has room to grow.

The Spirit of God is jealous over us; He doesn't want superficial fellowship, but genuine intimacy.

I don't want to get too nuanced, but we have the electoral college in the United States and that means we don't have direct democracy.

It is absolutely essential that the oppressed participate in the revolutionary process with an increasingly critical awareness of their role as subjects of the transformation.

I think I'm a maker of songs, and songs are like films or a picture: You put them over there, and they have nothing to do with you.

... it matters not what natural endowment a race may have if it prostitutes itself to the service of death.

Mass marketing means appealing to the masses which means appealing to the average.