The covetous person lives as if the world were made altogether for him, and not he for the world.

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.

Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.

An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of Paradise.

Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal.

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.

Much reading is like much eating -wholly useless without digestion.

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.

An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity

I always lived in old buildings, and I thought about who lived here before. You'd have to be oblivious not to.

Abraham Lincoln is the guy who could never be elected today, but whom we desperately wish we could elect.

I don't think I make genre movies. There is a certain type of violence in my films but I think I have my own genre because I made it happen like that.

Don't bring me problems. Bring me solutions.

Influence is like water. Always flowing somewhere.

When I joined the militia I had promised myself to kill one Fascist - after all, if each of us killed one they would soon be extinct.

I know your lives are busy. I know that you have much to do. But I make you a promise that if you will go to the house of the Lord, you will be blessed; life will be better for you.

I want the words to be read in conjunction with the music.

People think it’s easy to be cynical and pessimistic, but it’s incredibly hard work. It’s much easier to be hopeful.

Worship is first and foremost a feasting on all that God is for us in Jesus... [One] in which God is the host, the cook, the waiter, and the meal itself.