Self is the root, the tree, and the branches of all the evils of our fallen state.

He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.

No education can be of true advantage to young women but that which trains them up in humble industry, in great plainness of living, in exact modesty of dress.

We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another.

If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead.

Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.

From morning to night keep Jesus in thy heart, long for nothing, desire nothing, hope for nothing but to have all that is within thee changed into the spirit and temper of the holy Jesus.

If anyone would tell you the shortest, surest way to all happiness and all perfection, he must tell you to make a rule to yourself to thank and praise God for everything that happens to you.

Joseph has lately endeavored to seduce my wife, and has found her a virtuous woman.

All people desire what they believe will make them happy. If a person is not full of desire for God, we can only conclude that he is engaged with another happiness.

What could begin to deny self, if there were not something in man different from self?

Do you want me to call the internet police for you?

If you are not where you want to be DO NOT QUIT, instead reinvent yourself and change your habits.

The discipline of practice every day is essential. When I skip a day, I notice a difference in my playing. After two days, the critics notice, and after three days, so does the audience.

Law is a Bottomless-Pit, it is a Cormorant, a Harpy, that devours every thing.

The will must be stronger than the skill.

I don't blame my own parents for the way I grew up, as quite often there is little choice in these issues.

The leading edge of reality is mind, and mind is the primary substratum of being.

Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.

You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.