Oh, that we fully understood how very opposite our self-righteousness is to the designs of God!

It is only by a total death to self we can be lost in God.

He who has a pure heart will never cease to pray; and he who will be constant in prayer, shall know what it is to have a pure heart.

Self-seeking is the gate by which a soul departs from peace; and total abandonment to the will of God, that by which it returns.

I have never found any who prayed so well as those who had never been taught how. They who have no master in man, have one in the Holy Spirit.

God's designs regarding you, and His methods of bringing about these designs, are infinitely wise.

All consolation that does not come from God is but desolation; when the soul has learned to receive no comfort but in God only, it has passed beyond the reach of desolation.

The more wants we have, the further we are from God, and the nearer we approach him, the better can we dispense with everything that is not Himself.

It is the fire of suffering that brings forth the gold of godliness.

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

Surrender yourselves then to be led and disposed of just as God pleases, with respect both to your outward and inward state.

No struggle, no success. The stronger the thunder, the heavier the rainfall

You want to live?Yes!Then quit thinking you're gonna die!

Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?

I read the book and I think, "Well, this is the movie we're going to make," and then someone else reads it, and they take a completely different movie from it. And both are valid.

Character in many ways is everything in leadership. It is made up of many things, but I would say character is really integrity.

I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.

Whenever Canada moves to protect its own industries and people, it is subjected to violent attacks in the U.S. Congress and to threats of economic retaliation.

Therefore the blind Jews are truly stupid fools.

I wrote in the War of Art that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.

I keep my politics a little closer to me than others do.