Nature is less partial than she appears, and all situations in life have their compensations along with them.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

In eternity this world will be like Troy, I believe, and all that has passed here will be the epic of the universe, the ballad they sing in the streets.

Failures, repeated failures, are sign-posts on the road to achievement. The only time you don't want to fail is the last time you try something (and it works).

I am so in love with you that there isn’t anything else.

In all my years of counselling those near death, I've yet to hear anyone say they wish they had spent more time at the office

God knows I'm a workaholic.

When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.

I tell, therefore you are.

We need another universe, a smaller one; with more Earth's and less Saturn's; more alive and less dead!

And step by step You'll lead me / And I will follow You all of my days.

My mum has never wanted me to have children. She thinks I would be destroying my life, even now.