No man's body is as strong as his appetites, but Heaven has corrected the boundlessness of his voluptuous desires by stinting his strength and contracting his capacities.

Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.

Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.

Was ever any wicked man free from the stings of a guilty conscience?

The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.

Sincerity is to speak as we think, to do as we pretend and profess, to perform and make good what we promise, and really to be what we would seem and appear to be.

Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing.

Integrity gains strength by use.

Convulsive anger storms at large; or pale And silent, settles into full revenge.

Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy; but he that can moderate these affections will find ease in his mind.

To fulfil the insatiable desire of God is to fit in into his need

Learning how to recognize and act on your Inner Knowing is the greatest tool for discovering what's important now by living in the present.

Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don't rent them out to tomorrow.

Everyone feels sad occasionally. A full range of emotions is part of what makes us human.

Once a day you should look into the mirror to see if what stands between you and happiness isn't you.

My grandkids believe I'm the oldest thing in the world. And after two or three hours with them, I believe it, too.

Very few of us are succeeding in giving our parents the ideal death.

We should even go beyond doing what is required in order to avoid scandal.

Ours was such a delicious risk. My being abruptly and altogether Ecstatic and be-stilled.

In the kingdom, the greater our responsibilities, the greater is our need to see ourselves as servants.