Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord.

Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.

With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.

The greatest test of life is obedience to God.

The more we express our gratitude to God for our blessings, the more he will bring to our mind other blessings. The more we are aware of to be grateful for, the happier we become.

You are free to choose, but you are not free to alter the consequences of your decisions.

Some of the greatest battles you will face will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.

Thoughts lead to acts, acts lead to habits, habits lead to character - and our character will determine our eternal destiny.

When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives.

The way to feel better about your own situation is to improve someone else’s circumstances.

Inspiring music may fill the soul with heavenly thoughts, move one to righteous action, or speak peace to the soul.

So his flunkies are what, pirates?

Don't touch my d**k, don't touch my knife.

weltschmerz: its the depression you feel when the world as it is does not line up with the world as you think it should be.

Be careful of who and what you let into your space. Not everyone is worthy of your presence.

The brightest sun of the art always rises on the horizons of unhappiness.

I can see myself as a very old man in a terrific wheelchair. Only, I won't be photographing the tree outside my window, the way Steichen did. I'll be photographing other old people.

For pilots sometimes see behind the curtain, behind the veil of gossamer velvet, and find the truth behind man, the force behind a universe.

I have a generally liberal audience, but they will applaud when I nail a liberal lion.

You need to be empathetic in your own personal life and we help our neighbors and our friends out who are struggling in our neighborhoods. But we don't make bad decisions based on empathy.

Man is not on the earth solely for his own happiness. He is there to realize great things for humanity.