The realization of God's presence is the one sovereign remedy against temptation.

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still importunate, when the wants of nature are supplied.

A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

The more you say, the less people remember.

The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying.

Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer.

Let gratitude for the past inspire us with trust for the future.

How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.

The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.

The beauty of science hugely outranks the charms of superstition.

I like the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas more than the actual one.

Good music resembles something. It resembles the composer.

Why do you need a voice when you have a verse?

. . . it seems to me certain that more people are killed out of righteous stupidity than out of wickedness.

Capitalism is what people do if you leave them alone.

We have to find the environments in which it will be possible to live with our new inventions.

I'm just trying to matter and live a good life and make work that means something to somebody.

The spirit knows that its growth is the real aim of existence.