Set not thyself to attain much rest, but much patience.

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.

If you can defeat your own calamity, you will be a hope for others and thus you can defeat the calamity of others too!

Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.

Whence? wither? why? how? - these questions cover all philosophy.

I like pubs too, but it's hard for me to go and get proper bladdered in the way I used to. I don't want to moan about being recognised but I do get a bit of grief sometimes.

It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible.

All through school, people told me I looked like Marcia Brady.

Leadership can be defined in one word - honesty. You must be honest with the players and honest with yourself.

For even bad poetry has relevance for what it does not say for what it leaves out.

When information overload occurs, pattern recognition is how to determine truth.

Teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed