Now is the time to be doing, now is the time to be stirring, now is the time to amend myself.

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.

Let’s return to the main argument. People are hurting as hell. It matters. We should do something to make them happier, if we can.

Drive, determination, and belief are important to build your success but dont ever miss one very important thing is the ATTITUDE.

Almost all of my many passionate interests, and my many changes of mind, came through books. Books prompted the many vows I made to myself.

He that sells upon Credit expects to lose 5 per Cent. By bad Debts; therefore he charges, on all he sells upon Credit, an Advance that shall make up that Deficiency.

I do not deny that I have made drawings and watercolors of an erotic nature. But they are always works of art. Are there no artists who have done erotic pictures?

Jazz is not a 'form' but a collection of tags and tricks.

if everyone could just be happy with themselves and the choices people around them make, the world would instantly be a better place!

Even a foolish old woman like me knows that lazy people don't think for themselves; they only think about themselves.

Empires rise and fall like the abdomen of God. It's just the universe breathing.