The ideal is the only absolute real; and it must become the real in the individual life as well, however impossible they may count it who never tried it.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

Discipline is the result of an action, while refinement is a preparation of your calling.

It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.

If the Settlement seeks its expression through social activity, it must learn the difference between mere social unrest and spiritual impulse.

It's so weird that I play this woman who pretty much deals with violence on a daily basis, and I'm such a wimp in who I am.

If I had not kissed anyone, or danced with anyone, or had a reason to cry, the music made me feel as if I had gone through all that anyway.

An artist should let his style evolve naturally, spontaneously.

If Jesus is to become the center of our life, we need to spend time in His presence, before the Tabernacle.

When you're called by God, when He places that call upon your life, there is an authority you begin to walk in.

I've always known who I am. I might not work perfectly, or be like them, but that's okay. I know I work in my own way.

You know, the New Testament is pretty old. I think they should call them the Old Testament and the Most Recent Testament.