Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.

The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.

Imperfect people are all god has ever had to work with. That must be terribly frustrating to him, but he deals with it. So should we.

Have confidence in who you are and don’t be afraid to go for what you really want in life.

The Church is not a monastery for the isolation of perfect people. It is more like a hospital provided for those who wish to get well.

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.

Hope on. Journey on. Honestly acknowledge your questions and your concerns, but first and forever fan the flame of your faith, because all things are possible to them that believe.

Above all, never lose faith in your Father in Heaven, who loves you more than you can comprehend.

God doesn't care nearly as much about where you have been as He does about where you are and, with His help, where you are willing to go.

God expects you not simply to face the future; He expects you to embrace and shape the future--to love it and rejoice in it and delight in your opportunities.

Pure Christlike love flowing from true righteousness can change the world.

The hound and hare were both so wearied that the peasant got them all.

And I'm a stodgy old scientist who believes, naively, that there exists an external world, that there exist objective truths about that world, and that my job is to discover some of them.

And, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with the people in the street.

I...am an evolved being who deals solely with the source of light...in all of us in our own minds. No middleman required.

If prolific is writing a lot of songs, I'm that. If it's writing a lot of good songs, I'm something else.

Spiritualism is but a baby now, an unwelcome stranger, whom public opinion, like an unnatural foster mother, tries to crush out of existence.

We're not raising grass. We're raising boys.

One of the best things about aging is being able to watch imagination overtake memory.

Let no one ask a stronger mark of an excellent love to God, than that we are insensible to our own reputation.

People who keep journals have life twice