Repentance is not completed by a single act, it must be incorporated into our mind, till it become a fixed state, arising from a continual sense of our need of it.

The sober comfort, all the peace which springs from the large aggregate of little things.

Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul.

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

A crown! what is it? It is to bear the miseries of a people! To hear their murmurs, feel their discontents, And sink beneath a load of splendid care!

Absence in love is like water upon fire; a little quickens, but much extinguishes it.

No man ever repented of being a Christian on his death bed.

The misfortune is, that religious learning is too often rather considered as an act of the memory than of the heart and affections; as a dry duty, rather than a lively pleasure.

We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over the ordinary ones that lie directly in the road before us.

There are only two bad things in this world, sin and bile.

The world does not require so much to be informed as to be reminded.

you know what her punishment is for tormenting you way back when?" he said.I looked at him.He said, "her punishment is being her,

A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.

Chaos is hard to create, even on the Internet.

I just try to be honest, because I think that's part of my job description as a writer.

I do not need a lot of money to be happy.

Philosophers are as jealous as women; each wants a monopoly of praise.

God buries His workmen, but not His work.

There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.

You've got to love your people more than your position.

My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out.