The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our kind, and the next we see in them the reflection of the divine image.

There's time enough, but none to spare.

Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards.

Impossibilities are merely things of which we have not learned, or which we do not wish to happen.

As man sows, so shall he reap. In works of fiction, such men are sometimes converted. More often, in real life, they do not change their natures until they are converted into dust.

Race prejudice is the devil unchained.

We sometimes underestimate the influence of little things

We are all puppets in the hands of fate and seldom see the strings.

I think I must write a book. It has been my cherished dream and I feel an influence that I cannot resist calling me to the task.

Sins, like chickens, come home to roost.

We make our customs lightly; once made, like our sins, they grip us in bands of steel; we become the creatures of our creation.

What is the point of having a civilization, if we do not practice being civilized!

Claire coaxed free another loop of cloth. The slow side of cotton against cotton matched the soft tenor or her voice.'I have lots of talents Mr. Ryland. Listening is only one of them.

A large part of me is pure nebbish - plain, dull, uninteresting. There's a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.

The words in this book are all phooey. When you say them, your lips will make slips and back flips and your tongue may end up in Saint Looey!

That which is easy is bad for your inner life.

I just can't sleep tonight knowing that things ain't right.

The mind is a powerful thing and most people don't use it properly.

Teach your children not to strive for high self-esteem. This is nothing less than teaching them arrogance, conceit and superiority feelings.

This is an instrument in the hands of the people for fighting the fascist saboteurs, because the Chilean armed forces are a guarantee of constitutionality and integrity.

Be merry, really merry. The life of a true Christian should be a perpetual jubilee, a prelude to the festivals of eternity.