No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.

Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!

If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself in the distorted mirror of your own self-importance.

To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

Love feels no burden, regards not labors, strives toward more than it attains, argues not of impossibility, since it believes that it may and can do all things.

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Don't think so much about who is for or against you, rather give all your care, that God be with you in everything you do.

Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.

...the best way to know who we are is often to find out how others see us. This doesn't mean that we should do what others expect us to do, but it helps us to understand ourselves better.

Most things we need in life are only inch deep below the ground, all you need to do is dig it out... using the wind that you blow away.So start blowing now...

I lie there for a while in the dusk, then make a decision, little knowing how it will affect every facet of my life and fiber of my being for the rest of my life: I say no to shame.

If you want to experience eternal illumination, put the past and the future out of your mind and remain within the present moment.

What's at the end of a million dollars? Zero, zero, zero... nothing. A circle with a hole in it.

My philosophy on running is, I don't dwell on it, I do it.

Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind one feels strongly.

If Arsenal played like this all the time they could win the league

Sometimes the character of the mistress is inferred from the dress of her maids.

I don't think I really started to seriously compose until around that time when I was 40.