So that every man lawfully ordained must bring a bow which hath two strings, a title of present right and another to provide for future possibility or chance.

The church is in Christ, as Eve was in Adam.

He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and favorable hearers.

See we not plainly that obedience of creatures unto the law of nature is the stay of the whole world?

Angels are unsatisfiable in their longing to do by all means all manner of good unto all the creatures, ...especially the children of men.

Whatsoever is good; the same is also approved of God.

Even ministers of good things are like torches, a light to others, waste and destruction to themselves.

The reason why the simpler sort are moved by authority is the consciousness of their own ignorance

Words must be taken according to the matter whereof they are uttered.

Of two Evils we take the less.

To live by one man's will becomes the cause of all misery.

I am planting a tree in this bomb crater to remind us that in the midst of death, there is life... and hope.

When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. Every fault you see in them touches a denied weakness in yourself.

Sometimes we seek that which we are not yet ready to find.

I am faced with a bruising dilemma: pay to fix the dishwasher or continue serving everything in waffle cones.

We can think, speak, and bring the best possible outcome into existence by focusing on where we are going, not on where we think we are.

Mystery is the basic element of all works of art.

Politics doesn't work. Look at the parts of America where government has had the most power, where government has spent the most money. Look at the housing projects we've got the poor people in.

What I saw a thousand times during the downturn was, 'We'd like to give her that opportunity, but we need to go with the sure thing - we can't afford diversity right now,'

When all doors are shut and you have nowhere to go, that is when you go within. Every crisis is an opportunity and you are the beginning.

I've noticed that even people who believe in fate look both ways before crossing the street.