Nothing hath separated us from God but our own will or rather our own will is our separation from God.

He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.

No education can be of true advantage to young women but that which trains them up in humble industry, in great plainness of living, in exact modesty of dress.

We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another.

If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead.

Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.

From morning to night keep Jesus in thy heart, long for nothing, desire nothing, hope for nothing but to have all that is within thee changed into the spirit and temper of the holy Jesus.

If anyone would tell you the shortest, surest way to all happiness and all perfection, he must tell you to make a rule to yourself to thank and praise God for everything that happens to you.

Joseph has lately endeavored to seduce my wife, and has found her a virtuous woman.

Self is the root, the tree, and the branches of all the evils of our fallen state.

All people desire what they believe will make them happy. If a person is not full of desire for God, we can only conclude that he is engaged with another happiness.

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.

Today you live, child. Tomorrow, you dream.

Whatever you do, be sure to do it well.

I dreaded an invasion of ghosts or, less likely, an invasion of the police.

Ideas don't desert you; ideas aren't treasonous to you, but people can be.

Going to prison is like dying with your eyes open.

Knowledge isn't power, applied knowledge is power

Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.

Retirement is just not in my DNA.

Popularity is the pocket change of history. The true measure is courage. There will never be another Charlton Heston.