One who views thing as they are in reality, and not as they are said or thought to be, is truly wise, taught by God rather than by other persons

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.

He had taken George, my beloved George, from me. And he had taken my other self: Anne.

Forgetting nature is like forgetting your mother. Remember you are a child of nature. You are connected to it and belong to it. So don’t forget to protect her.

To play well you have to have good balance in your life. Tiger has found that. If you play golf long enough you'll learn that life is more than golf.

I have a promptness problem. I am a promptness-free zone.

I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts; that is my special key.

He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain.

Freedom' is the most expensive possession there is; it has to be paid for with loneliness.

Good marriages are made in heaven. Or some such place.

Thomas was my true name but everyone knew me as Mick, except my mother, who knew me as definitely Michael.

Ultimately, magic finds you, if you let it.