Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you. Listen in such a way that others love to speak to you.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

Unless you are ready to give up something valuable you will never be able to truly change at all, you'll forever be in the control of things you can't give up.

Faith is the gentleness of life.

Another good thing about being poor is that when you are seventy your children will not have you declared legally insane in order to gain control of your estate.

Like our shadows, our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.

You just think lovely wonderful thoughts," Peter explained, "and they lift you up in the air.

While we can remember the past, we cannot write the future. Only our children, the future of our community, can do that.

Female schools might be comprised in the list of those worthy the public patronage, with great propriety.

Everyone needs a place. It shouldn't be inside of someone else.

I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.

He gave us all a mind to think with and to know what's right or wrong, he is that inner spirit that keeps us strong.