Some conjurers say that number three is the magic number, and some say number seven. It's neither my friend, neither. It's number one. (Fagin)

For the rest of his life, Oliver Twist remembers a single word of blessing spoken to him by another child because this word stood out so strikingly from the consistent discouragement around him.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded.

Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine.

Sudden shifts and changes are no bad preparation for political life.

Thoughts are like an open ocean, they can either move you forward within its waves, or sink you under deep into its abyss.

We are slaves whose masters are dead. For we are mostly controlled by doctrines which were established centuries heretofore.

There is a crack in everything God has made.

Sometomes that's all people ever really need. Just to know.

The two great risks are risking too much but also risking too little. That's for each person to decide. For me, not risking anything is worse than death. By far.

You need to return to the truth of God's Word that will last forever, not meditate on circumstance that will fade and change. It is this truth that enables us to go into the future undaunted.

It's a dark culture that we live in. But you were called to glow in the dark.

The wise healer endures the pain. Cry. Tears bring joy.

Basically, people are never happy enough because they want more money

I don't think there's a petty system of heaven and hell. The love of God is much more forgiving. I'm not a believer in a wrathful God at all.