Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.

One ungrateful person does an injury to all needy people.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.

Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.

Never promise more than you can perform.

The world after a war is a good world, I told myself. A happy world. A secure world. In this world, I might do anything.

A broken thing can't fix itself.

Acting is something I appreciate, and I think it's been an amazing experience. But I'm not passionate about acting the way you probably should be to call yourself an actor.

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off.

Whatever we cannot easily understand we call God; this saves much wear and tear on the brain tissues.

All of us have weaknesses, but we also have strengths. God’s Spirit has gifted each of us for the good of the church.

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget that the human capacity for aggression is more than a monstrous defect, that it is also a crucial survival tool.

It is a foolish prince who entrusts the safety of his lands to hired men.

It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds, and that is faithful to what it finds.

We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure.